Ain’thology

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Ain’thology is written by Seth Katz and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1443878723 (ISBN 10) and 9781443878722 (ISBN 13).

The word ain't is used by speakers of all dialects and sociolects of English. Nonetheless, language critics view ain't as marking speakers as ""lazy"" or ""stupid""; and the educated assume ain't is on its deathbed, used only in clichés. Everyone has an opinion about ain't. Even the grammar-checker in Microsoft Word flags every ain't with a red underscore. But why? Over the past 100 years, only a few articles and sections of books have reviewed the history of ain't or discussed it in dialect cont ...