Content tagged with "advice, OUGHT TO"
1 item(s) found.Modals expressing present and future advice
To advise someone what they should do, the following auxiliariesA helping verb used with main verbs to express mood, voice and tense. E.g.: I can't stand when I am disturbed. ("can", "am") can be used.
You should smoke less.
You had better leave.
You ought not to open that box, Pandora. (or: You oughtn't to open that box.)
Note that ought to is rather formalNot belonging to colloquial or everyday speech; official. E.g.: I demand that Mr Smith call the person on whom the committee has decided..