On Fri, 28 Jun 1996, Jack Ji wrote:

Ok, this came to me while I was walking to the bus to go to karate 
practice thsi morning.

Ok, in the English language, like in many other languages, there is 
conjugation of verbs. Now, I'm going to use a very simple and everyday 
verb: to be.

Ok, now to conjugate it it's like :I am; you are; s/he is; they are.
Now, I find it redundant to use "I am" because "am" does not go along 
with anything else (ie he am, they am, the care am.) So, shouldn't we NOT 
need the I before am???

Anyway, I made this conclusion after 4 years of Spanish, which you don't 
need to add the pronoun before a verb except for clearity.

Just some thoughts on the English language... Any English majors care to 
answer my question???

Having had four years of Spanish myself, I can tell you that you simply 
cannot apply one language's grammatical quirks to others... especially 
when the languages are as divergent as English and Spanish.

In English, the pronoun is ALWAYS required.  That's just the way the 
language works.
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