| 单词 | ain't |
| 例句 | ain't verb USAGE ain't Is this word used orally in most parts of the country by cultivated speakers? In 1961, Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language (W3) said it was, provoking a firestorm of protests from journalists and academics. W3's assessment was quite a change from that of W2 (the second edition, published in 1934), which had given it a tag: “Dial. or Illit.” The editor of W3, Philip Gove, explained the change by conceding that he had no large files of empirical evidence: “Knowledge of some kind of language behavior comes through contact with its observers and is not always documented because there seems to be no reason to collect additional evidence.” If that's the method, then one can confidently say that W3's treatment was flawed in its incompleteness. In 1962, the year after W3 was published, an apt cartoon appeared in The New Yorker. A man is standing in the reception area of G. & C. Merriam Co., Dictionary Division, as the receptionist says to him, “Sorry. Dr. Gove ain't in.” Yes, ain't is used by cultivated speakers, but almost always for either of two reasons: (1) to be tongue-in-cheek, or (2) to flaunt their reverse snobbery. For most people, it remains a shibboleth of poor usage.Usage notes show additional guidance on finer points of English usage. |
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