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. 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
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 However, while helping my wife with her uni work i came across an interesting one
In my experience it doesn't imply one or the other In fact, the joke is that when your boss asks you how something is coming along and you say don't worry, i'm on it, it could both be interpreted to mean that you'll start immediately but also that you were. I just don't get the reasoning behind which one is correct in which situation Typically i use the wrong one, or i use them when i'm not supposed to. I live in germany where i often hear 'i gonna' or 'you gonna', in effect treating 'gonna' as a main verb and missing out the copula 'to be' 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?
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