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| Domain | Definition |
Tips from 1870 | Usage: Mustn't, Mayn't, Mightn't, Oughtn't. Mustn't may be used in light conversation, but not in writing. The others should be avoided in speech and writing. I'm, You're, He's, She's, It's, We're, They're The contractions formed by compounding the pronoun with the verb are very common, and tend to preserve conversation from becoming stiff and formal. Nouns in the singular are sometimes compounded in like manner; as, "John's going by the early train," "Mary's caught a bird." Not many verbs beside is and has are thus compounded, and the practice should be discouraged. Source: Slips of Speech. |
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Crosswords: Mustn't |
| Specialty definitions using "Mustn't": Mayn't, Mightn't ♦ Oughtn't. (references) |
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| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | If life's an awful bore, and living's just a chore that we do caus' death's not much fun. I just have the antidote, and though i mustn't gloat at the Moulin Rouge! (Moulin Rouge!; writing credit: Baz Luhrmann; Craig Pearce) Teeny weeny flight of steps, Sir Wilfrid, we mustn't forget we've had a teeny weeny heart attack. (Witness for the Prosecution; writing credit: Agatha Christie; Larry Marcus) Oh, you mustn't do that now. (Yellow Submarine; writing credit: Al Brodax; Jack Mendelsohn) We mustn't linger. (Freakazoid!; writing credit: Alan Burnett; Paul Dini) No, we mustn't dwell. (Empire Records; writing credit: Carol Heikkinen) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Children Mustn't Smoke (1911) | |
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Books | |
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 | A resolve. Cousin Kate--now that you are well off, Charles, you mustn't let them say of you, a fool and his money are soon parted. Charles--no, you bet I won't; I'll show them that I'm an exception to the rule. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | You must give me the largest half of the apple, Ruth, because Mama says we mustn't be greedy. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Language | Translations for "Mustn't"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Hungarian | nem szabad elmenned (you mustn't go), nem mehetsz (you mustn't go). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ustn'tmay.(various references) | |
Swedish | får inte (cannot, can't, must not). (various references) | |
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Misspellings | |
"Mustn't" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Moussant, musnt, mustn'a, mustnt, mustn'ts. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "'-m-n-s-t-t-u" | |
-2 letters: mutts, stunt. | |
-3 letters: muns, must, muts, mutt, nuts, smut, stum, stun, tuns, tuts. | |
-4 letters: mun, mus, mut, nus, nut, sum, sun, tun, tut, uns, uts. | |
-5 letters: mu, nu, um, un, us, ut. | |
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| 1. Crosswords 2. Usage: Modern 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Photo Album | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Anagrams 8. Bibliography |
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