Please note that ‘ain’t’ isn’t exclusively American English, as is commonly believed. The writer Charles Dickens (British, 19th century) put the word ‘ain’t’ regularly into the mouths of his characters, many of whom were working-class Londoners (Cockney). “Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he’s well dressed. There ain’t much credit [...]
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isn’t = is not wasn’t = was not aren’t = are not weren’t = were not don’t = do not doesn’t = does not didn’t = did not haven’t = have not hasn’t = has not hadn’t = had not can’t = cannot (written as one word) couldn’t =could not won’t = will not wouldn’t [...]
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