I would like to jnow how to use aint and what does it replace in a sentece. Eugin Senior Member Buenos Aires. This is very informal language!! Mind you!! Simply as that!!!! Just a sidenote. Ain't doesn't just mean "is not". It can also replace "am not" or "are not" as in "I ain't gonna do that".
I will go to either France or Spain: I will go to either one. I won't go to France or Spain: I won't go to either one which can also be said I will go to neither one! I hope he likes bananas! You will either eat or go to bed! Do either one! Don't do either one! Notice: "either" can be used in a phrase with or without "not", either way works , but you can't really use "neither" with "not",except to joke around.
Ask the Editor. Serenity Carr , Assistant Editor. What does "ain't" mean and how is it used? Salah , Egypt. I ain't going. They ain't home. He ain't answering his phone. They ain't been here before. She ain't been able to walk since she fell. Ain't that the truth?
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M4N M4N 1 1 gold badge 2 2 silver badges 7 7 bronze badges. Add a comment. So why isn't it? In a wide swath of English dialects, it is.
However, American English doesn't like two nasal consonants like 'm' and 'n' together. So, in most dialects, they merged into an't, the spelling of which eventually evolved into ain't. These rather pertinent facts of the English language were overlooked by the prescriptive grammarians who have all these years attempted to totally obliterate amn't and ain't from the English vocabulary.
You know that ain't is a word. But, don't go and try to impress your teacher or your boss with this nugget of knowledge first thing tomorrow morning.
We all have to coordinate the restitution of ain't to its rightful position in the language. That isn't likely to happen by daybreak, but it is time to start thinking about it. Since the ain't question has been all cleared up, you might look at 7 grammar rules that you can break.
It's anarchy, ain't it? All rights reserved. Is Ain't a Real Word? Is Ain't a Word? How to Use Ain't Now that you know the when, it's time to look at the how.
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