Why 'I' is taken as a plural subject?? 'I' is singular in number still it take plural subject. Why?

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'I' is never taken as plural subject. Subject is always FIRSTand never understood on the basis of predicate.
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Hi, Please elaborate on your question a bit. So far my answer for your question is that subject doesnt have to comply with the predicate.
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But it takes "am" alone in present tense. I am a doctor. I am treating a patient. I am being felicitated. I am awarded It goes with plural subjects too in Present. I treat I have treated It goes with Second Person Singular Subjects in Past I was a doctor. I was treating i was being...
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But it takes "am" alone in present tense. I am a doctor. I am treating a patient. I am being felicitated. I am awarded It goes with plural subjects too in Present. I treat I have treated It goes with Second Person Singular Subjects in Past I was a doctor. I was treating i was being felicitated I was awarded I raised a question sometime back on subject "I" Why it takes "am",to exhibit ego? read less
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Dear Kamaljeet, You seem to have been added with the person, number and gender features; Subjects agreee with the verb not with the predicative object. Kindly be explicit in your query.
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Always remember that word 'i' is always singluar form,it is used to refer 1st Person,it is never a plural form.
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The question is not properly phrased.Give some example so that you may get correct advice / answer.
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I is a personal pronoun, 1st person so...
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Hi Mr.Kamalijeet Singh, in English Grammar there is a category in nouns such as the regular and irregular nouns which comes under the singular and the plural ones, which says that some words have a singular form but take a plural meaning and in the same way some words have a plural form but take a singular...
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Hi Mr.Kamalijeet Singh, in English Grammar there is a category in nouns such as the regular and irregular nouns which comes under the singular and the plural ones, which says that some words have a singular form but take a plural meaning and in the same way some words have a plural form but take a singular meaning. read less
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Dear Shri Kamaljeet, First of all let me clear your concept. I is a word and not a letter. Secondly, the meaning of word "I" means I - myself. I is used for self-introduction. Since, "WE" as a human use "I" for ourself only, it...
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Dear Shri Kamaljeet, First of all let me clear your concept. I is a word and not a letter. Secondly, the meaning of word "I" means I - myself. I is used for self-introduction. Since, "WE" as a human use "I" for ourself only, it is not plural but "I" is a first person singular form. I hope the concept is now clear to you. read less
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When he talks about singular and plural, he’s talking about what grammarians call number, but the assumption that “go” is a plural form is not entirely correct. In addition to number, verb forms can also encode tense and person..
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