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 Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 1:33 pm
The senior editors at my mothers work were debating about letting "ain't" be accepted in exams. English exams. I was horrified. My mother was the only one at the table who disagreed with it, of which I am very proud of.
Using "ain't" is slang and should not be used, no matter how common it is used in speech, as otherwise wouldn't we have to allow people to write 'would of" instead of "would have"? I think it's appaling, someone please agree with me!
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Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 3:47 pm
I agree wholeheartedly. I think saying "ain't" sounds ignorant and, quite frankly, just plain stupid. I live in the South (thankfully, not for much longer) and people say "ain't" a whole lot. It makes me cringe. stressed
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Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 4:34 pm
"Ain't" in exams? What's going to be next, "irregardless"? Come on people, we have standards for a reason! Let's stick to them.
I hate "would of". Every time I see it, it makes me want to douse my head in oil and set myself on fire ala Michael Jackson.
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Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 6:46 pm
I agree with you, too. Its ridiculous to have "aint" as an acceptable word in tests or exams. D:
Im sorry. I cant use the apostrophe on my keyboard for some reason. D:
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Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 7:13 pm
Ain't in exams? Yes, there are some words that you could use in informal conversations, but ain't has no place in exams.
*ahem* Do you mean "aka"?
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Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 7:43 pm
Yami no Hitokiri "Ain't" in exams? What's going to be next, "irregardless"? Come on people, we have standards for a reason! Let's stick to them. I hate "would of". Every time I see it, it makes me want to douse my head in oil and set myself on fire ala Michael Jackson. My friend did that. I stared at her, horrified. She was freaking out, she did'nt know what she did wrong. She ended up laughing at me... xp
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Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 8:08 pm
Ain't might be considered slang. But, do have to say I think it's a word. It can be found in a dictionary. Yet, I don't think it should be allowed in formal writing.
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Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 12:54 pm
I'm from the north and when I moved to Virginia I would cringe everytime I heard "y'all" and "ain't," but now I find myself using "ain't" as well, but I'll still say "you guys" rather than "y'all." I think that words like that are acceptable in everyday speech and informal writing, but for formal speeches and writing, it has no right to be there.
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Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2006 12:52 pm
As people have been mentioning, 'ain't' is part of an accent, and should not be part of writing, unless deliberatey trying to imply an accent.
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Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 12:19 am
Emmanuela The senior editors at my mothers work were debating about letting "ain't" be accepted in exams. English exams. I was horrified. My mother was the only one at the table who disagreed with it, of which I am very proud of. Sorry if I'm being rude, sweatdrop but you don't need to put "of which I am proud of". Just "of which I am proud" is all right. biggrin
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Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 1:03 am
I remember in elementary school the chant...
Ain't ain't a word
and you ain't s'posed to say it
say Ain't 5 times
and you ain't going to Heaven!
And I think the idea of using it in FORMAL writing abhorant. HOWEVER, Informal, particularly in dialog to show dialect, I think it is just fine. But I don't call it a word...
I call it a contraction. hee hee hee!
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Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 10:41 am
"Ain't" shouldn't be written. It's like "gotta". One of those word that should only be said, not written (unless you're Salinger or Hemmingway).
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Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 10:42 am
Kipluck I remember in elementary school the chant... Ain't ain't a word and you ain't s'posed to say it say Ain't 5 times and you ain't going to Heaven! And I think the idea of using it in FORMAL writing abhorant. HOWEVER, Informal, particularly in dialog to show dialect, I think it is just fine. But I don't call it a word... I call it a contraction. hee hee hee!
...You actually said that in school? gonk
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Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 10:49 am
kagerouyukiko I agree wholeheartedly. I think saying "ain't" sounds ignorant and, quite frankly, just plain stupid. I live in the South (thankfully, not for much longer) and people say "ain't" a whole lot. It makes me cringe. stressed
At least that's what I was taught.
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Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 10:30 pm
AnimeKoneko242 Kipluck I remember in elementary school the chant... Ain't ain't a word and you ain't s'posed to say it say Ain't 5 times and you ain't going to Heaven! And I think the idea of using it in FORMAL writing abhorant. HOWEVER, Informal, particularly in dialog to show dialect, I think it is just fine. But I don't call it a word... I call it a contraction. hee hee hee!
...You actually said that in school? gonk To be clear, it was students not the teacher. Just like where you flip the heads off dandelions and say "Mama had a baby and her head popped off!" Kids are really really strange.
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