Double negatives are a no-no

sproutsThere ain’t no grammatical reason to use double negatives.

 

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  1. Seals
    Posted July 21, 2009 at 5:30 pm | Permalink

    And who decided there’s an apostrophe in ain’t?

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  2. Lisa McLendon
    Posted July 24, 2009 at 8:00 pm | Permalink

    “Ain’t” started as a contraction of “am not” and “are not” (and as such was proper grammar), and so it has always had the apostrophe. The usage has been around for centuries.

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