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Show "Aren't I" or "Ain't " George I'.enmrd Shaw is quoted as bring out to put an end to the "damnable "damn-able affectation" of present-day English Eng-lish writers who see an evidence of culture In using "aren't I" instead of "am I not." "Aren't." says the writer quoted. Is plural find "I" is singular. Yo;i would led say "Arc I not ri'lit,' wo :!il you? Then why use the plural 'mi in the cniraeiion. Tl.c homely f"r:n '::in't" is mile! more nearly eor-rc. eor-rc. I- in derived diri-ci:y from ".Ti.r.'t." t' en:;: r.o i :! of ";;iN r.ot." |