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From: cam@castle.ed.ac.uk (Chris Malcolm)
Subject: Re: amn't, aren't--->AIN'T!!
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In article <3sn8h1$cqr@ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> nclemens@ix.netcom.com (Nancy Clemens) writes:

>Funny--I'd never thought about it--but after reading the above, and
>thinking about it, if I were prescribing how language _should_ be, I
>might recommend that everyone start using "ain't I" instead of "aren't
>I."   It makes more sense linguistically, and besides, it would really
>help ESL students.

What's wrong with "amn't" which has the advantages of being even more
linguitically snesible, and already well established in Scotland and
Ireland?

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Chris Malcolm    cam@uk.ac.ed.aifh         +44 (0)131 650 3085
Department of Artificial Intelligence,    Edinburgh University
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