Portia
He isn't keeping her in the loop, but he's clearly up to something. "No, my Brutus: you have some sick offence within your mind, which, by the right and virtue of my place, I ought to know of."
Julius Caesar is a much more famous historical figure than Brutus. And, although Brutus is the play's main character, it centres around the murder of Caesar, both the planning of it and the consequences of it. It is not as bizarrely misnamed as The Merchant of Venice, which one imagines ought to be either The Moneylender of Venice or The Heiress of Belmont.
'Ought to be' is present tense. 'Ought to have been' is past tense.
But, to found and consolidate democracy, to achieve the peaceable reign of the constitutional laws, we must end the war of liberty against tyranny and pass safely across the storms of the revolution: such is the aim of the revolutionary system that you have enacted. Your conduct, then, ought also to be regulated by the stormy circumstances in which the republic is placed; and the plan of your administration must result from the spirit of the revolutionary government combined with the general principles of democracy.
You say to your soldier, 'Do this' and he does it. But I am obliged to say to the American, 'This is why you ought to do this' and then he does it.
He isn't keeping her in the loop, but he's clearly up to something. "No, my Brutus: you have some sick offence within your mind, which, by the right and virtue of my place, I ought to know of."
The doctor said that I ought to feel better within the week.
Julius Caesar is a much more famous historical figure than Brutus. And, although Brutus is the play's main character, it centres around the murder of Caesar, both the planning of it and the consequences of it. It is not as bizarrely misnamed as The Merchant of Venice, which one imagines ought to be either The Moneylender of Venice or The Heiress of Belmont.
Well, here's one: Brutus is at home, pondering in a soliloquy whether Caesar ought to be murdered. He decides a pre-emptive strike is a good idea. A group of conspirators arrive at Brutus' place and they decide how, when and where they will kill Caesar. Mrs. Brutus (better known as Portia) asks Brutus what's with these parties in the wee hours of the morning, but he doesn't tell her. Another chap shows up, wanting in on the conspiracy.
The past tense of ought is ought.
Ought is already acceptable in past tense. 'Ought to be' is present tense, while 'Ought to have been' or 'Ought to have' is past tense.
A sentence with the word ought in it is: "I ought to be a superstar someday!"
Triple ...
The antonym of "ought" in the sense of should is "shouldn't" or "ought not:""Jack ought to have joined in the fun.""No, he shouldn't have joined in if it wasn't fun for him."
"You ought to be doing your homework."
I ought to be able to do that...??
You Ought to Be with Me was created in 1972.