oughtn't
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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)
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.
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
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