oughtn't
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ɔːnt/, /ˈɔː.tənt/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɔt.n̩t/, (cot-cought merger) /ˈɑt.n̩t/
- Rhymes: -ɔːnt, -ɔːtənt, -ɔtn̩t, -ɑtn̩t
Verb
editoughtn't
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) (US, Philippines, dated, rare) ought not (negative auxiliary[1]).
Usage notes
editOughtn't has become rare in North America, and ought not has itself become much less common than it once was there as well.
Coordinate terms
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ Arnold M. Zwicky and Geoffrey K. Pullum, Cliticization vs. Inflection: English n’t, Language 59 (3), 1983, pp. 502-513
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