![]() Neither means not one or the other of two things. “It’s really cold today.” Are not synonym? This phrase is used to confirm or agree with something that another person has just said. “Innit” is an abbreviation of “ isn’t it” most commonly used amongst teenagers and young people. This aren’t is simply a different outcome of the same historical development that yielded ain’t, but the fact that it is spelled and pronounced like the contraction of are not (as in You are staying, aren’t you? ) apparently gives it, for some, an acceptability that ain’t lacks. ![]() But as early as 1710, “an’t” was also being used in place of “isn’t” as a contraction for “is not,” as in “that an’t fair,” or “he an’t here.” How do you spell Arnt? The earliest published citations are 1695 (for “an’t” = “am not”) and 1696 (for “an’t” = “are not”). But right or wrong, she isn’t his daughter.That’s the one the old hospital is on, isn’t it? 188. ![]() 3 What is the contraction word for isn t?Ĭontraction of is not.
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