jose ramon

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Age: 63 Birthday: October 1

¡Hola, José! I'm sorry for being a little late in answering your question about a word from a Rolling Stones' song. The word " 'aint" is incorrect (bad) grammar for "is not" (third person singular only). When this is spoken by one, native English-speakers in the USA view the speaker as uneducated and tend to look down on him/her.

While we're on this subject of bad grammar, you will hear many, many times on TV and/or music someone say "Aren't I?" To me, this is like scratching one's nails on the chalkboard! The subject and verb do NOT match. Turn this question into a sentence: I aren't. = I are not. No, no, no! This is first person singular subject "I" matched up with third person singluar verb (for "you"). It's either "I am" or You are".

The person should say: "Am I not?" See the difference? "Aren't I?" and " 'aint" show that someone isn't well-educated or possibly not educated at all. Sometime people copy others and don't realize that they're copying mistakes. It just "sounds" right. Not! :D
-- ESL Teacher Lisa Jo

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ESL Teacher LJ March 31, 2009 0:23

Hi again! About your question regarding the video "He 'Aint Heavy...He's My Brother", this phrase does use that bad word " 'aint". This is bad slang, but you will hear it used by certain groups in throughout the USA.

As for the title and it's meaning, it means that someone is not a burden because he's a close friend (like a brother).
ESL Teacher LJ March 31, 2009 0:19

¡Hola, José! I'm sorry for being a little late in answering your question about a word from a Rolling Stones' song. The word " 'aint" is incorrect (bad) grammar for "is not" (third person singular only). When this is spoken by one, native English-speakers in the USA view the speaker as uneducated and tend to look down on him/her.

While we're on this subject of bad grammar, you will hear many, many times on TV and/or music someone say "Aren't I?" To me, this is like scratching one's nails on the chalkboard! The subject and verb do NOT match. Turn this question into a sentence: I aren't. = I are not. No, no, no! This is first person singular subject "I" matched up with third person singluar verb (for "you"). It's either "I am" or You are".

The person should say: "Am I not?" See the difference? "Aren't I?" and " 'aint" show that someone isn't well-educated or possibly not educated at all. Sometime people copy others and don't realize that they're copying mistakes. It just "sounds" right. Not! :D
-- ESL Teacher Lisa Jo
ESL Teacher LJ March 21, 2009 16:45

¡Hola, José! ¡Mucho gusto! Guess what? NOBODY knows what this board is trying to say OR trying to sell! :D It shows us all that we need to use proper grammar in ANY language to share ideas with others well! I promise IF I ever figure it out, you will be the first to know ... after me! lol -- Lisa Jo
sergio javier bautista hernandez March 19, 2009 0:19

HELLO TEACHER I am SERGIO JAVIER DEL 3º F
Gamer February 28, 2009 21:21

Are you going to enlighten us about huitlacoche?
Josef Essberger February 8, 2009 8:54

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