My eccentric rule had the effect of making my students think about the verbs is and are. Want to improve your English in five minutes a day? Get a subscription and start receiving our writing tips and exercises daily! I feel that language should always strive to provide a single correct word for a single meaning. Pretentious people annoy the heck out of me.
A PYA-nist plays the pya-no 2 syllables —and the peenist plays the —well ,—. I grew up in Hicksville, USA. Being a redneck was a badge of honor many wore. To do otherwise would come off as non-realistic, especially to my readers who live daily surrounded by the characters I remember.
Hilariously, one of my pet peeves is the use of apostrophes in plurals. But, if I write a rant about it, no doubt there will be some other grammatical error present…. I have a feeling it will soon be added to the dictionary. Describing an orgasm comes much easier to me than writing that word. Or am I wrong? I consider it a judg e ment call. If you understand there are people ignorant of its correct usage who will consider you uneducated for using it, even better. This ain't wrong either.
The man ain't wrong. Quel tizio ha ragione. She ain't wrong. Non ha tutti i torti. You ain't wrong about that. Su questo non hai torto. But Inara ain't wrong. Ma Inara non ha torto. Non sbagli , amico. Suggest an example. Ain't nothing wrong with feeling good when you achieve something. Ain't nothing wrong with no peace marches.
There ain't nothing wrong with Big Daddy but nerves. Say it ain't so! You ain't seen nothing yet. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. In formal writing or professional speaking, however, it should be avoided.
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