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Originally Posted by Lady Fitzgerald
"Ain't" is also in the dictionary but even dictionaries will admit, despite common usage, it is incorrect. Try using "hone in" for "home in" in any English class and, same as if you used "ain't," you will get called on it.
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The difference is that "ain't" is specified as slang in dictionaries and for whatever reason is seen as a more base form of English. "Hone in," on the other hand, is noted as having becoming normal usage.