Is the word "aint" consider a proper word in the English language?

Question

Have a bet with my family that the word Aint is not a offical part of the English language.

Answer 1

NO IT IS NOT!

Answer 2

What do you mean to ask by proper? If by proper you mean that you could use it in an essay or any sort of formal writing without quotations around it and get away with it, then the answer is no. But, it IS in the dictionary, and therefor, a word of the English language.

Answer 3

This question garnered 25 answers prior to my own, yet not one respondent answered using both correct spelling AND anything close to proper grammar. Most, of course, didn't try for either. Yes, language is mutable (meaning it changes over time), but that doesn't mean "anything goes," simply because a given person doesn't know better & is too lazy to learn. Still, at least those folks generally admit what they're up to, and acknowledge that they simply don't care whether or not their usage is correct. It's truly amusing reading the other kind: those haughty (that means "stuck up") individuals who self-righteously castigate (that means "put down") others about spelling errors, yet are themselves apparently either unwilling or unable to express a full, coherent thought; let alone compose so much as one complete sentence. Congratulations, y'all*, you've managed to demonstrate a level of ignorance+arrogance so profound that even the "It got corrupted into two words" dummy seems intelligent by comparison. In closing, here are some tips that'll prove helpful should you ever need/want to write like a grown-up: 1) Capitalize the 1st word of each sentence, and end it with some sort of punctuation, such as a period or question mark. 2) The word "its" means something belongs to "it." If you're trying to say "it is," you need to add an apostrophe and write "it's." 3) A complete sentence (and, for that matter, a complete thought) has a subject and a predicate. There has to be a noun AND a verb, at least, or you're just listing words. For example, consider, "Two separate words." The 1st word is capitalized, and it ends with a period, but there's no verb, so it's not a sentence. It doesn't really make sense without a verb, does it? Now read, "It amazes me how many people don't use spell check." It has nouns; verbs acting on or by them; a subject & predicate; capitalization and punctuation, therefore that is a complete sentence. It's really fairly simple Hope that helps. To learn more about writing sentences, do a Google search for "complete sentence." You don't even need to visit your local library or finish 1st grade! *: The word "y'all" _has_ been accepted into the English language, but not simply because enough dummies used it enough times that "They" (i.e., the mysterious cabal whom many of you seem to think hand down decisions about what becomes a "real" word) just gave up and let it in. "Y'all," like many former slang/vernacular words that became official, fulfills a need. English previously lacked a 3rd-person plural, which is present in most other languages. The contraction of "you all" may not be especially elegant, original, nor considered classy, yet because it fills a gap in the language AND enjoyed prolonged common usage, it has joined our ever-expanding, ever-changing lexicon. Notice how that makes logical sense. That's the difference between proper use of a growing language and just making things up because you don't know better.

Answer 4

It you ask 50+ yr old man, the answer is no. But the dictionary keeps updating new words. You will find this word in any dictionary. Would I use it when I am writing, the answer is no.

Answer 5

It's not.

Just cause it's in the dictionary, doesn't mean it's proper. It's still slang. You're not gonna use it, say, in front of the mayor. Just like you're not gonna cuss in front of the mayor, you're not gonna use slang either. The word f'uck is in the dictionary. But it's not proper.

Answer 6

yes it has earned its way into the language by dint of usage. few grammarians quarrel with it as they did back 50 years ago.
look for it in any dictionary.
now explain why the word "says" as in "He says he was not there"
is correctly pronounced SEZ
English is a funny language ,especially since it moved to America

Answer 7

it's in the dictionary yet it's a slang, hence it's not an official formal English word

Answer 8

No- it ain't considered a proper word! But it is a word though : )

Answer 9

Ain't is in the Oxford Dictionary so therefor it is. Sorry

Answer 10

Last time I looked, it was in the unabridged dictionary.

Answer 11

no it is not. When I was learning english in school we were forbiden to use it as well.