To: NonValueAdded
To answer your question: Yes, "ain't" is a contraction. Of what????? Maybe this will help.
ain't (Pronounced /eɪnt/)
Contracton for: am not, is not, are not, have not, or has not: I ain't seen it
ORIGIN: 1706. originally a contraction of "am not" (amn't) and in proper use with that sense until it began to be used as a generic contraction for are not, is not, etc., in early 19c. Cockney dialect of London; popularized by representations of this in Dickens, etc., which led to the word being banished from correct English.
10 posted on
12/19/2014 11:04:24 AM PST by
Din Maker
(Is anyone considering Gov. Susana Martinez of NM as the possible GOP nominee in 2016?)
To: Din Maker
To answer your question: Yes, "ain't" is a contraction. Of what????? Maybe this will help.
ain't (Pronounced /e?nt/)
Contracton for: am not, is not, are not, have not, or has not: I ain't seen it
ORIGIN: 1706. originally a contraction of "am not" (amn't) and in proper use with that sense until it began to be used as a generic contraction for are not, is not, etc., in early 19c. Cockney dialect of London; popularized by representations of this in Dickens, etc., which led to the word being banished from correct English.
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Pretty sure ain't is a contraction for ain not.
29 posted on
12/19/2014 12:13:07 PM PST by
867V309
(Boehner is the new Pelosi)
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