I remember when I was at school, I used the word 'ain't ' The English teacher was constantly telling me
"Ain't, ain't in the English language ain't ain't."
I read somewhere that year (probably 1959) That the Oxford Dictionary had included the word 'ain't '- because of common usage.
The following week I deliberately exaggerated my regular usage, "I ain't got a pencil Miss. I ain't done my homework"
I desperately wanted to tell her "Ain't is in the English language ain't is"

No wonder the price of Dictionaries is sky rocketing. I use an illustrated Oxford dictionary, it has plenty of pictures. When you open a page it always has something interesting to look at. I have given them as birthday presents, it is a good format and people browse them.

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