| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, January 22, 2004, 16:37 |
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 05:20:03PM +0100, Andreas Johansson wrote:> > I'm pretty sure "would have ought to be" isn't kosher, if only because > > "ought" is a defective verb with no past participle form. > > And the kosher replacement would be?One possibility is "would have needed to be". -Mark