I'm going to the bar Anyone else coming? count me in! i believe the expression may originate from gambling, possibly poker, or some other card game where players are dealt a hand and then decide whether they are playing on by saying that they are either in or out The meaning of the prefixes is the same (negation the adverb), but they are still different prefixes. The phrase who's in? does exist in very informal english, at least in american english It is equivalent to saying who wants to participate in x with me? it is not used very often, at least in my experience However, people will understand what it means if you say it in conversation
For example, if you wanted to get food I'm feeling hungry, so i'm going to order pizza I am from india and not a native english speaker I do often hear people introducing themselves like hello everyone This is james is it an acceptable form in native english However, while helping my wife with her uni work i came across an interesting one
Aae also has a 'zero' copula Perhaps this clitic will be Is it common to say i'm game in place of i'm in or count me in Is it used often in american english? Rule to determine when to use the prefix im vs Un to negate a word starting with p
[duplicate] ask question asked 14 years, 4 months ago modified 9 years, 2 months ago I am on it in your first example sounds like a shortened version of i’m on the case, a colloquial way of saying that the speaker is dealing with it In the context of some kind of dispute, as in your second example, they’re at it again means that they have started doing again whatever it was that was a component in the dispute.
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