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ought to 的附加疑问句

核心问题

She ought to go by plane, oughtn't she?

Barron's How to Prepare for the TOEFL(p.45)认为oughtn't she应改为shouldn't she。这是为什么呢?

词典解答

这个试题过分地强调了美国用法。实际上,在附加疑问句中,用 oughtn't she 也是正确的。CGEL 的作者们说:

“有时用 shouldn't 代替 oughtn't:

  1. We ought to go now {shouldntwe?oughtntwe?"(CGEL,§11.8)\left\{\begin{aligned} shouldn't we? \\ oughtn't we?"(CGEL, \S 11.8)\end{aligned}\right. 我们现在该走了,是吧?

  2. We ought to buy a new car, oughtn't we? (LDCE) 我们应该买辆新车,是吧?

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