I am afraid, my dear Watson, that most of your conclusions were erroneous.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
I am bound to say that in all the accounts which you have been so good as to give of my own small achievements you have habitually underrated your own abilities.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
I think that I am fairly justified in my inferences.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
Am I late?
E. M. Forster, A Passage to India
I am not really a good bull fighter.
Ernest Hemingway, In Our Time
Oh, I am so soused.
Ernest Hemingway, In Our Time
“I am so very glad,” said he.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
You must know that I am thinking of his marrying one of them.”
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
I confess, my dear fellow, that I am very much in your debt.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
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Dictionary
Merriam-Webster
— present tense first-person singular of BE
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Macmillan
— SEE be
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Usage
118 uses of ‘am’ in A Passage to India, by E. M. Forster
2 uses of ‘am’ in In Our Time, by Ernest Hemingway
324 uses of ‘am’ in Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
16 uses of ‘am’ in The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
84 uses of ‘am’ in The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle