An English teacher told me in high school that "ain't" was not a word and should not be used. When asked about the origin of the non-word, she told me it as a combination of the contractions for "are not" and "is not". As such, the proper contractions should be used and not the hybrid version. She followed that with "the look" that meant I would be in trouble if I pushed it further. :-)
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