VMK – English Grammar Profiler

Point 145 in the category of MODALITY and ELLIPSIS is defined as: ‘ought to’ without a following verb where the previous main verb is understood. There is an important note in the comments section of the EGP: This is a very low-frequency form in both the learner and native speaker data. There’s only one example …

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B1 to C2 variations of this modality.

Grammar examples from B1 to C2 of this structure.