Talk:oughtn't

Pronunciation

Hello, is the pronunciation /ˈɔːn̩t/ correct ? Reptilien.19831209BE1 (talk) 20:01, 2 March 2019 (UTC)

(to)

The note in ought reads "The negative of ought is either ought not (to) or oughtn't (to)" --Backinstadiums (talk) 10:58, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

Yes. Equinox ◑ 11:04, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

@Equinox: However the one here doesn't offer the dropping of "to", reading "ought not" --Backinstadiums (talk) 16:12, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

The negative of ought is ought not. The writer of the above put to in brackets to be helpful, to show how to form a sentence. The fact that it is in brackets indicates that it's not actually part of the negative phrase. Equinox ◑ 16:05, 13 October 2019 (UTC)

American English

In American English in particular (but increasingly evident in other standards) the bare infinitive is quite common in the negative.

https://www.eltconcourse.com/training/inservice/modality/central_modal_verbs.html JMGN (talk) 17:07, 19 August 2023 (UTC)