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oughtn't to

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American soundoughtn't to
oughtntto
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oughtnt - to -> oughtn't to

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ought to /'ↄ:t tǝ; before vowels and finally 'ↄ:t tu/ modal v (neg ought not to, short form esp Brit oughtn't to /'ↄ:tnt/ )

၁။ သင့်သည်။ ထိုက်သည်။ Children ought to respect their parents. ❍ ‘Ought I to write to say thank you?’ ‘Yes, I think you ought (to). ’ ❍ You ought to apologize. ❍ You ought to have apologized (ie but you didn't). ❍ Such things ought not to be allowed. ❍ They oughtn't to let their dog run on the road. ❍ She ought to have been more tactful.
၂။ သင့်သည်။ ထိုက်သည်။ Children ought to be able to read by the age of 7. ❍ There ought to be more buses during the rush hour.
၃။ သင့်သည်။ You ought to improve your French before going to work in Paris. ❍ We ought to be leaving now. ❍ This cake's delicious. You ought to try some. ❍ SHOULD
၄။ သင့်သည်။ If he started out at nine, he ought to be here by now. ❍ That ought to be enough food for all of us. ❍ Oughtn't the water to have boiled by now?

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  • ought to /'ↄ:t tǝ; before vowels and finally 'ↄ:t tu/ modal v ( neg ought not to, short form esp Brit oughtn't to /'ↄ:tnt/ ) ၁။ သင့်သည်။ ထိုက်သည်။ Children ought to respect their parents.
  • ‘Ought I to write to say thank you?’ ‘Yes, I think you ought (to). ’
  • You ought to apologize.
  • You ought to have apologized (ie but you didn't).
  • Such things ought not to be allowed.
  • They oughtn't to let their dog run on the road.
  • She ought to have been more tactful. ၂။ သင့်သည်။ ထိုက်သည်။ Children ought to be able to read by the age of 7.
  • There ought to be more buses during the rush hour. ၃။ သင့်သည်။ You ought to improve your French before going to work in Paris.
  • We ought to be leaving now.
  • This cake's delicious. You ought to try some.
  • SHOULD ၄။ သင့်သည်။ If he started out at nine, he ought to be here by now.
  • That ought to be enough food for all of us.
  • Oughtn't the water to have boiled by now?
Synonyms
should, be supposed to, must
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shouldbe supposed tomustableageallapologizebeenbeforedeliciousdogduringenoughfoodforfrenchgoinghaveherehourimproveletmoreninenotnowoutread
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