2020年12月4日 · In some areas, for instance, ought to occurs more frequently than in others [emphasis mine - Alex B.]" (p. 233). However, we can observe general, supra-dialectal trends: …

This alternation of ought not go vs ought not to go resembles the behavior of need and dare, which are also Negative Polarity Items as modals, though with a different syntax. Outside …

2019年3月9日 · There's a use of the word "ought" from the Bible I don't understand. I've highlighted the relevant word: Acts 4:32 And the multitude of them that believed were of one …

2010年11月12日 · Interrogatives and negatives with ought are rare; should is generally preferred instead. Elsewhere in the book they say: Should is used to hedge conclusions and predictions, …

2023年10月21日 · I wonder when I can say "ought" without "to". Some examples: 1: Ought I to tell him? 2: Yes, you ought to; 3: No, you ought not to; 4: I don't learn as often as I ought to; 5: …

2022年11月29日 · Ought is the stronger, expressing especially obligations of duty, with some weaker use in expressing interest or necessity: as, you ought to know, if any one does. Should …

2016年2月11日 · Ought to be, would and had better cannot be qualified by it is essential that... If something ought to be done it ought to be done. It is not gradable and subject to essentiality …

2021年6月14日 · If you travel by way of your profession, that too will have an effect on how you are addressed. The other thing is that you do not give any contextual examples. "You should …

2015年3月29日 · For instance, I am supposed to/ought to learn English today. I don't have to learn english today, but to me it would be very useful if I learned English today because I could …

2019年10月2日 · The use of "aught" and "ought" to mean "zero" is very much proscribed as the word "aught" actually means the opposite of "naught": "anything". This may be due to …