Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Ain't

When I was very young, I remember my brother telling me "Ain't ain't a word and you ain't supposed to say it", however, I found out that it ain't true.


Ain't is a word. It is considered non standard or slang. I can have different meanings and be used in different was. Are not, is not, have not, has not, did not, do not..... Also considered a cousin to the words won't, shan't, don't and can't. I found some interesting information about this word (which is not considered grammatically correct in fancy places) here:

http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/Features/Columns/?article=ErrorsThatArent

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aint




1 comment:

  1. How funny that you did your grammer post on
    Ain't. I recently have had that same discussion with my eight year old daugher. Ain't isn't a word. I have given up on arguing with her and just told her it isn't proper English to use ain't. I gess now I have to tell her I was wrong.

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