Negative contraction is possible for a much wider range of verbs than the auxiliary or non-negative contraction in standard English. Practically every verb except Ver ms. Negative contraction is not a possibility with am not I amnt, and this causes a difficulty in questions where inversion does not allow verb contraction. In colloquial Ver ms. Long a shibboleth for th-century Americans, the negative contraction aint continues to be Substandard when used unconsciously or unintentionally. It is a word, Ver ms. Whereas for all auxiliary verbs negative contraction e.g. havent, hasnt, wont is vastly preferred over auxiliary contraction e.g. ve not, d not, ll not, we get the Ver ms. Children will use some of the negative contractions prior to their acquisition of the rules for not in the verb phrase. The negative contractions dont, wont, and cant Ver ms. WebLearn English Vocabulary Contractions Negative Positive Negative Other Informal Negative Contractions Note that with the verb be, two negative forms are
