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Is "aint" a correct word? |
Yes. Its been around since 1778. |
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No. Its a vulgarity. Using it shows ignorance and lack of grammar. |
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Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 8:19 am
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Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 9:58 am
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Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 10:55 am
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Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 9:27 am
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Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 6:30 am
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Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 1:58 pm
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Coming from a small country in the middle of the Caribbean, I have seen a lot of different 'slangs' being brought about the younger generation, more so my own generation, being a teenager.
But if it's one thing that I have barely seen or heard in my life is the use of "ain't". Unbelievably to me, I realise this is one of these things that children down here just do not say. Maybe it has something to do with where we're from, or from our parents, but no. "Ain't" is not commonly used among the locals.
Now I have heard the words a few times from some of those really Southern movies and I believe it is more nationally used around these states. Yet, although I would hear it, I would not go using it in an essay or in real life.
Yes, I am a user of "don't", "won't", or "hasn't" and "can't", with a long list of others, as I find it easier when talking to friends online or in real life, also since these contractions seem to me, more believable from the two words they have been extracted from. But down here, and I'm sure for a lot of other places, contractions are not allowed in essays. It's consided bad grammar and frowned upon from teachers, and they are an easy excuse to have points deducted from an essay you have written. It is allowed however in a quotation or when inside inverted commas when writting something that someone particularly said.
Example: "Don't do that!" Jennifer said, giving her younger brother a slap on the hand.
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