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Definition of aren't in English: aren'tcontractionɑːntɑr(ə)nt 1Are not. Example sentencesExamples - What puzzles me, as a close follower of this debate, is why these points aren't made more often.
- You don't win three trophies one season and go top of the table next if you aren't a good team.
- The notion that men aren't able to talk about their emotions is alien to me.
- The battles in the party aren't about ideology but about the only question that matters.
- These seem like irrelevant questions, but they aren't that far off from relevancy.
- The new tracks aren't radically different but they're more like individual songs.
- It does mean a lot to know that these celebrities aren't too busy to respond.
- There aren't many men that could fight back from tuberculosis and play cricket for England.
- They aren't boisterous, keep themselves neat and tidy and smile at anybody who says hello.
- If you really aren't sure about a house, you can have an independent survey done at your own expense.
- I'll tee up knowing there aren't many players in the field ranked higher than me.
- After all, how can anyone respond to questions that they aren't aware of having been asked?
- We aren't the first team to miss penalties and we won't be the last so I'm not going to blame the lads.
- Yes, some of them are people who would have paid more, but some of them aren't.
- Days of Worth say they aren't playing it safe, but are seizing the day and making music that counts.
- Sometimes it is just hard to be upbeat and happy when things aren't going your way in life.
- He's in the know, we aren't - so we should just believe him and stop our silly worrying.
- The high passions aren't down to the two candidates' inspiring visions for the country.
- We will be much more approachable, so that people aren't afraid to say anything.
- Maybe it's not fashionable to be a keeper any more, so young kids aren't taking up the position.
- 1.1 Am not (only used in questions)
why aren't I being given a pay rise? Example sentencesExamples - Well I am selling it, aren't I?
- I am still here, aren't I?
- I'm a decent guy, aren't I?
Usage The contraction aren't is used in standard English to mean ‘am not’ in questions, as in I'm right, aren't I? The more logical form amn't is now non-standard and restricted to Scottish, Irish, and dialect use. Outside questions, it is incorrect to use aren't to mean ‘am not’ (for example, I aren't going is clearly wrong) Rhymes aslant, aunt, can't, chant, courante, détente, enchant, entente, grant, implant, Nantes, plant, shan't, slant, supplant, transplant, underplant Definition of aren't in US English: aren'tcontractionär(ə)ntɑr(ə)nt 1Are not. Example sentencesExamples - We will be much more approachable, so that people aren't afraid to say anything.
- I'll tee up knowing there aren't many players in the field ranked higher than me.
- You don't win three trophies one season and go top of the table next if you aren't a good team.
- He's in the know, we aren't - so we should just believe him and stop our silly worrying.
- The new tracks aren't radically different but they're more like individual songs.
- There aren't many men that could fight back from tuberculosis and play cricket for England.
- The notion that men aren't able to talk about their emotions is alien to me.
- Sometimes it is just hard to be upbeat and happy when things aren't going your way in life.
- After all, how can anyone respond to questions that they aren't aware of having been asked?
- These seem like irrelevant questions, but they aren't that far off from relevancy.
- We aren't the first team to miss penalties and we won't be the last so I'm not going to blame the lads.
- The high passions aren't down to the two candidates' inspiring visions for the country.
- Maybe it's not fashionable to be a keeper any more, so young kids aren't taking up the position.
- If you really aren't sure about a house, you can have an independent survey done at your own expense.
- Days of Worth say they aren't playing it safe, but are seizing the day and making music that counts.
- It does mean a lot to know that these celebrities aren't too busy to respond.
- The battles in the party aren't about ideology but about the only question that matters.
- What puzzles me, as a close follower of this debate, is why these points aren't made more often.
- They aren't boisterous, keep themselves neat and tidy and smile at anybody who says hello.
- Yes, some of them are people who would have paid more, but some of them aren't.
- 1.1 Am not (only used in questions)
why aren't I being given a pay raise? Example sentencesExamples - I am still here, aren't I?
- I'm a decent guy, aren't I?
- Well I am selling it, aren't I?
Usage The contraction aren't is used in standard English to mean ‘am not’ in questions, as in I'm right, aren't I? Outside of questions, it is incorrect to use aren't to mean ‘am not’ (for example, I aren't going is clearly wrong). The nonstandard (although logical) form amn't is restricted to Scottish, Irish, and dialect use |