oughtn't
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɔːnt/, /ˈɔː.tənt/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɔt.n̩t/, (cot-cought merger) /ˈɑt.n̩t/
Audio (US) (file)
- Rhymes: -ɔːnt, -ɔːtənt, -ɔtn̩t, -ɑtn̩t
Verb edit
oughtn't
Usage notes edit
Oughtn'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 edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Arnold M. Zwicky and Geoffrey K. Pullum, Cliticization vs. Inflection: English n’t, Language 59 (3), 1983, pp. 502-513