And don't tell me it's "ain't"! =)
2006-08-30 09:00:13 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Actually, my Oxford dictionary indicates that "an't" (note the absence of an I) has been established. It may not be widely used--it may well be used only in certain English dialects--but it *is* there.
2006-08-30 10:41:25 · answer #1 · answered by ichliebekira 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I was gonna write "ain't" and leave until I saw the smaller writing. Hee hee. Most of the time I use another contraction before "not": such as "I'm not going to work today". So, since you don't want "ain't" then I ain't got an answer other than this.
:-)
2006-08-30 16:05:25 · answer #2 · answered by Jayna 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because the governments of the world have not spent enough tax dollars on their scientists for them to create a contraction for it. And fine...I won't tell you it's "ain't".
:P
2006-08-30 16:18:30 · answer #3 · answered by RuneWitchSakura1988 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whether you want to hear it or not, it IS ain't. Or at least it WAS ain't. The problem was that ain't got greedy and started showing up in places it didn't belong.
2006-08-30 16:26:11 · answer #4 · answered by Taivo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The answer is = I'm not. The contraction is I am = I'm
or
I don't = I do not
or
I haven't = I have not
am is a verb
I am = I'm
You are = You're
We are = We're
They are= They're
You congregate verbs, as shown above.
You can make one up and call it = Imn't
How bout them apples?
2006-08-30 16:29:43 · answer #5 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is amazing that we as English speakers have become so casual in our diction that we would feel the need to come up with a shorter version of a five letter phrase.
2006-08-30 17:57:51 · answer #6 · answered by Nightwalker 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is one, namely "AIN'T".
It's not correct English, but a lot of people use it.
2006-08-30 18:32:24 · answer #7 · answered by Hi y´all ! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a lot of the time another contraction is used before "not" like "he's not" or "it's not" also, I is the only pronoun used before am not so it wouldn't get too much use
2006-08-30 16:10:03 · answer #8 · answered by avatard 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it is not possible...you can't contract an "m" and an "n".
2006-08-30 16:04:08 · answer #9 · answered by Courage 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ANT- AS THE NEW ENGLANDERS SAY but hant needed so what fer you ask this here question?
2006-08-30 16:08:32 · answer #10 · answered by changeling 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋