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The result was: promoted by PFHLai (talk) 17:26, 2 August 2014 (UTC)

Ain't

 * ... that ain't is among the most pervasive nonstandard terms in English?
 * ALT1:... that there ain't no more?
 * Reviewed: Not a self-nomination
 * Comment: The quirky alt1 ain't referenced, it's just meant to inform the reader that there ain't no more hooks

Improved to Good Article status by Dohn joe (talk). Nominated by Oceanh (talk) at 21:39, 30 July 2014 (UTC).

Howzabout
 * ALT2 that it ain't true that ain't ain't a word?
 * ALT3 that in familiar speech, the educated and upper classes of 19th-century England used ain't freely?

For what it's worth this persisted as an affectation at least through the 1920s. Also, the article seems to confuse prescription with proscription. EEng (talk) 02:43, 31 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I think it's used correctly. Isn't a "prescription against" the same as a "proscription of"? Dohn joe (talk) 17:07, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the nomination and comments. I like ALT2 as a hook. We could also turn it around as:
 * ALT4 that ain't is in the dictionary? Dohn joe (talk) 17:07, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

GA'ed recently enough; neutral; no close-paraphrasing....oh, hold on....I suppose I'd better get in the spirit....GA'ed recently enough; ain't non-neutral; ain't got no close-paraphrasing, plagiarism or copyvio; QPQ ain't required. Ain't no gaps in citations. Ain't no problems with the hooks, but ALT1 ain't much good and the original and ALT3 ain't as good as ALT2 or ALT4. Ready with original hook, ALT2, ALT3 or ALT4; I'd go for ALT2 in the quirky spot. Belle (talk) 17:07, 1 August 2014 (UTC)