Should and ought to dilemma
Recently I had to write a message I and I am in doubt whether both of the following sentences are correct:
1) Last week the order should have to be shipped.
2) Last week the order ought have to be shipped.
Can anyone dispel it?
Top answer
Those sentences are not correct. The nearest correct sentences appear to be: Last week the order should have been shipped. Last week the order ought to have been shipped.
- Those sentences are not correct.
- The nearest correct sentences appear to be: Last week the order should have been shipped.
- Last week the order ought to have been shipped.
- These mean the same, and, depending on context, imply either that the order actually was not shipped, or that the speaker believes it was shipped (but does not know for certain).
- However, the word order presents "last week" as the topic, or focus, rather than the status of the order, as we would typically expect.
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Those sentences are not correct. The nearest correct sentences appear to be:
Last week the order should have been shipped.
Last week the order ought to have been shipped.
These mean the same, and, depending on context, imply either that the order actually was not shipped, or that the speaker believes it was shipped (but does not know for certain). Howe
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