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Ain't and aren't?



 
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Interrupting Colon | use of "catch in a lie"
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Ain't and aren't? #1 (permalink) Mon Jul 19, 2010 7:33 am   Ain't and aren't?		  
Aren't they......
Ain't they......

Are both of the above correct? I always use "aren't", but I noticed many people are using the word "ain't".
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Ain't and aren't? #2 (permalink) Mon Jul 19, 2010 7:44 am   Ain't and aren't?		  
The following forms are all correct:

Aren't they ...
Aren't I ...
Aren't we ...

"Ain't" doesn't exist in standard English.
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