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This paper explores the forms as well as the functions of AINT as part of informal English, the target hearers referred to by the forms and functions, and its contribution to ELT and interpersonal or social verbal interactions. The research data are taken from URLs as sources of opinionated or objective accounts on AINT and its elaborations. The forms and functions of AINT expectedly provide a sufficient account for English verbal interactions between close people and a clear account for camaraderie contained within the utterance AINT. This research theoretically advocates the pragmatic aspects of positive face, positive politeness strategies, solidarity politeness, and camaraderie, with particular types of hearer in the context of power and solidarity. Empirically, this research is trying to provide accounts on AINT within academic English as well as social English learning within particular circumstances, hence encouraging learners to instill interpersonal and social harmony within English language use throughout the world.