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Question: What is the difference between "should" and "ought"!?!.!.!.!. explain!.!.!.!?
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creative yet dangerous!.
"should " associate with the mind!.
"ought" associate with the heart (emotion)!.
once the "should" contradict the "ought",
insanity is born!.
example:
i should be nice to all, but again, i ought to be nice to myself first!. when i wasn't happy, everyone around me suffers!.

I'm more of a " just do it" guy and it works for me (don't get emo that easy)!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Let's see, I should run down to Wally World (my term for WalMart) and pick up some cat food, but I just don't feel like it!.

OR

I ought to (or otta for some) run down to Wally World and pick up some cat food, but I just don't feel like it!.
Nadda!

Oh my, I OUGHT to read the dictionary more often! LOL
From Dictionary!.Com
ought1
1!. (used to express duty or moral obligation): Every citizen ought to help!.
2!. (used to express justice, moral rightness, or the like): He ought to be punished!. You ought to be ashamed!.
3!. (used to express propriety, appropriateness, etc!.): You ought to be home early!. We ought to bring her some flowers!.
4!. (used to express probability or natural consequence): That ought to be our train now!.
–noun
5!. duty or obligation!.
VICE
hould Audio Help /??d/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[shood] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–auxiliary verb
1!. pt!. of shall!.
2!. (used to express condition): Were he to arrive, I should be pleased!.
3!. must; ought (used to indicate duty, propriety, or expediency): You should not do that!.
4!. would (used to make a statement less direct or blunt): I should think you would apologize!.

So ought can be used for should, but should not always for ought, and vice versa!. Teehee!!!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Should is less imperative: I should brush my teeth three times a day, but I never get around to it!.
Ought implies an obligation!. "I ought to pay this debt on time because after all it was a legal contract!.
Must is even stronger: "You must stop lighting fires in your bed right now!"Www@QuestionHome@Com

That would be the Mason Dixon line!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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