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Thanks, really appreciate the additional thoughts (and that totally makes sense). Very interesting as well to hear your take on some textbook "rules"(!)... Cheers!

We don't use "I'm" at the end of a sentence. For example, "Are you sick"? - "Yes, I am." /*"Yes, I'm." Thanks, that's very helpful, hadn't known that. Just to dig a little deeper, I wonder if there's something else that would explain why "I'm" sound...

Hi, new teacher here. Came across the following sentence from a student... I know the contraction "I'm" sounds wrong here, but am having trouble identifying/explaining exactly why:

"I want to be more fluent in English than I'm now."

Thanks for any thoughts.