Is this sentence grammatically correct?

Buchanan0204 · 28 Sep 2011 at 00:51

I confirm that I am a player in good standing with my national association, and am a member of ____________

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Now I am arguing the point the word "am" cannot be used like that. It either has to be "I'm" or "I am." Regardless of the context or previous sentence.

My other half disagrees and says it is fine due to the wording before hand.

Come on... prove me right lol. There's a lot riding on it

Castiel · 28 Sep 2011 at 00:53

And I am or I'm.

Hedge · 28 Sep 2011 at 00:54

You dont say "and am a member of"

You say "and I'm a member of" or "and I am a member of"

"am" alone is definitely wrong in my eyes.

Swifty55 · 28 Sep 2011 at 00:55

I would put "and a member of ____________"

That sounds better to me, but meh.

Efour · 28 Sep 2011 at 00:55

Reads ok in Legal land in my opinion but yes it does seem silly

Buchanan0204 · 28 Sep 2011 at 00:57

Needless to say she isn't too happy to see these responses. Haha!

The reason she believed it as it was in an official letter from a sports governing body.

Cheers lads!

Buchanan0204 · 28 Sep 2011 at 00:58

Swifty55 said:
I would put "and a member of ____________"

That sounds better to me, but meh.

Makes sense. No need for the word to be there.

stulid · 28 Sep 2011 at 01:01

Can you not find a better conjunctive to join the two simple sentences together?

Davefran · 28 Sep 2011 at 01:04

Buchanan0204 said:
I confirm that I am a player in good standing with my national association, and am a member of ____________

The way I would write it

I can confirm that I am a player in good standing with my national association, and a member of ____________

muon · 28 Sep 2011 at 01:06

The comma means they have to be independent clauses.

If its a list, a list of two doesn't really require a comma. Then you can drop the second am.

That's what I think.

Castiel · 28 Sep 2011 at 01:07

I would reword the sentence;

I can confirm I am a player of good standing with ________ and my national association.

Buchanan0204 · 28 Sep 2011 at 01:08

It was on a formal letter. I wasn't writing it. Only filling in the form. I seen it and mentionined... she cracked up, disagreed. I came on here looking for backup... got it, she goes in huff... eats humble pie! Theee end!

That's pretty much how it panned out.

muon · 28 Sep 2011 at 01:09

edit:
misread

Castiel · 28 Sep 2011 at 01:12

ghost101 said:
But that's not necessarily what the OP is saying. If it is, then its an awful sentence.

Your probably right, it's late. I would probably reword the sentence making it twice as long with excessive verbiage tbh.

I understand what the OP was asking though, hence my first reply.

muon · 28 Sep 2011 at 01:14

Castiel said:
Your probably right, it's late. I would probably reword the sentence making it twice as long with excessive verbiage tbh.

I understand what the OP was asking though, hence my first reply.

I misread your sentence.

My point was that the OPs sentence would be awful rather than yours though. But that's irrelevant as I didn't read it properly.

kylew · 28 Sep 2011 at 01:52

"I am"

Ask her if she thinks it's okay to always miss out the "I" and just write things like "Am going the shop".

.Lethal · 28 Sep 2011 at 01:57

Buchanan0204 said:
Come on... prove me right lol. There's a lot riding on it

There is? So OcUK gets in on the action after helping

Pixel · 28 Sep 2011 at 02:27

Buchanan0204 said:
The reason she believed it as it was in an official letter from a sports governing body.

Let this be a lesson to all concerned. Just because a letter is "official" or comes from a "governing body", it doesn't mean that the letter wasn't written by a human who may have had a questionable education.

Vonhelmet · 28 Sep 2011 at 07:34

It's absolutely fine like that. Sorry, everyone.

Although, that bring said, the alternatives that people have suggested - using I am, doing away with the am altogether, etc - are all perfectly valid as well.

It's essentially just a list of things, but with only two items on the list. In a list of qualities or characteristics - I am this, that and the other - you can drop the pronoun because it's obvious who you're talking about. Whether you leave the verb in is pretty much down to preference, but ts certainly not wrong that it is there.

Mr. Brightside · 28 Sep 2011 at 07:49

Buchanan0204 said:
I confirm that I ( ( am a player in good standing with my national association, ) and ( am a member of ____________ ) )

Consider:

I confirm that I ( ( am a player in good standing with my national association, ) and ( have run over 9000km ____________ ) )

I believe this is technically correct, and the bracketing should show how/why. That said, I still think it could be written to sound better with an 'I' before the second 'am'. This is less true in the second case - it reads better without the I.