Comments on: What’s Wrong with “Ain’t” http://www.dailywritingtips.com/whats-wrong-with-aint/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:00:10 -0600 hourly 1 By: Afreen Akbany http://www.dailywritingtips.com/whats-wrong-with-aint/comment-page-1/#comment-164691 Afreen Akbany Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:13:29 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=2567#comment-164691 Good stuff! Good stuff!

]]> By: Boo Blog Blogger http://www.dailywritingtips.com/whats-wrong-with-aint/comment-page-1/#comment-150935 Boo Blog Blogger Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:36:54 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=2567#comment-150935 I'm loving the above post by Philip Dragonetti. I’m loving the above post by Philip Dragonetti.

]]> By: Garbeld http://www.dailywritingtips.com/whats-wrong-with-aint/comment-page-1/#comment-150261 Garbeld Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:32:56 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=2567#comment-150261 I ain't gonna stop using the word "ain't" just for some people who ironically think they're being good grammatical pedants by insisting on its illegitimacy. What I do not understand is why you don't allow "I ain't" in place of "I'm not". Should they not say, "I am not", also? =P Then again, your reasoning for disallowing the other uses of "ain't" seem not to be concerned with the fact that "ain't" is "am not", which is inappropriate entirely for those instances, which I think is more important than the existence of alternative phrasings. (If we're only to phrase any given thought in particular manners dictated by convention rather than rule, poets should be quickly out of function). I ain’t gonna stop using the word “ain’t” just for some people who ironically think they’re being good grammatical pedants by insisting on its illegitimacy.
What I do not understand is why you don’t allow “I ain’t” in place of “I’m not”. Should they not say, “I am not”, also? =P
Then again, your reasoning for disallowing the other uses of “ain’t” seem not to be concerned with the fact that “ain’t” is “am not”, which is inappropriate entirely for those instances, which I think is more important than the existence of alternative phrasings.
(If we’re only to phrase any given thought in particular manners dictated by convention rather than rule, poets should be quickly out of function).

]]> By: Peter http://www.dailywritingtips.com/whats-wrong-with-aint/comment-page-1/#comment-148128 Peter Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:12:11 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=2567#comment-148128 Alice2: I occasionally use "y'all", when it's important to distinguish between singular and plural "you" (the Right Thing, I suppose, would be to use "thou" for the singular, but that makes me want to use archaic verb forms as well, and makes people laugh at me... :)), but I ain't never used "ain't". Alice2: I occasionally use “y’all”, when it’s important to distinguish between singular and plural “you” (the Right Thing, I suppose, would be to use “thou” for the singular, but that makes me want to use archaic verb forms as well, and makes people laugh at me… :) ), but I ain’t never used “ain’t”.

]]> By: Wakas Mir http://www.dailywritingtips.com/whats-wrong-with-aint/comment-page-1/#comment-147710 Wakas Mir Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:53:44 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=2567#comment-147710 I ain't never going to use ain't again. But on the serious note.. amazing way of showing how and when to use it or not to :) I ain’t never going to use ain’t again.

But on the serious note.. amazing way of showing how and when to use it or not to :)

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