How often do native English speakers use "ought to " instead of "should"?
Or which is prefer to use?
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Ought to is considered more formal; old fashioned. Should is used more often. Should also show a little more emphasise.
if I say: "He should be my boss" -> I think he should be by boss
if I say "He ought to be my boss" -> I think he is suppose to be my boss (I don't show any emphasise. I may or may not agree with that)
Again I am not native, if I messed up please feel free to correct me =)
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Thank you for your quick responses!
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About the same amount for native speakers. However, I'm always surprised when my students have never heard of "ought to," and rarely even know what it means!
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It depends. If you gave an example sentence that would help but I think mostly we use should and for the sake of simplicity, I'd just stick should. We use the word should much more than the words ought to.
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They are both ok and english speakers use both.
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