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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: Oughtn't |
| Specialty definitions using "Oughtn't": Contractions ♦ Mayn't, Mightn't, Mustn't. (references) |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "'-g-h-n-o-t-t-u" | |
-2 letters: hognut, nought. | |
-3 letters: ought, thong, tough, ungot. | |
-4 letters: gout, hong, hung, hunt, thou, thug, tong, tout, tung, unto. | |
-5 letters: gnu, got, gun, gut, hog, hon, hot, hug, hun, hut, nog, noh, not, nth, nut, out, tho, tog, ton, tot, tug, tun, tut, ugh. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 75 67 68 74 6E 27 74 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001111 01110101 01100111 01101000 01110100 01101110 00100111 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)O u g h t n ' t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004F 0075 0067 0068 0074 006E 0027 0074 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)498773748680986 |
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