Watering grapevines [EGAD]

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Although far less common than should, ought to can nonetheless express both epistemic and non-epistemic necessity.
The following examples – all cases of non-epistemic necessity – come from the internet. Choose both ought to and should whenever you can, but choose only should in those cases where ought to is unlikely.

1. Grapevines ______ be watered every week during the growing season unless it has rained one inch during the week. (youtube.com)

Expected answer

ought to
'ought to be watered' is unlikely here
should
'should be watered' is better here

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2. This famous chocolate shop nestled down the South lanes is somewhere everyone ______ experience at least once when visiting Brighton. (bjournal.co)

Expected answer

ought to
'should experience' is also possible here
should
'ought to experience' is also possible here

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3. There are dozens of reasons why someone might consider (or ______ consider) changing a business's name. (...) Every naming choice is about balancing pros and cons. At least half the time when people ask me if they ______ rebrand, I tell them No. (startups.co)

Expected answer

ought to
'should consider' and 'should rebrand' are also possible here
should
'ought to consider' and 'ought to rebrand' are also possible here

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4. Current guidelines advise that babies aged less than six months ______ be kept out of direct sunlight completely, as their skin is just too delicate to cope. (motherandbaby.co.uk)

Expected answer

ought to
'ought to kept out of direct sunlight' is unlikely here
should
'shoud be kept out of direct sunlight' is better here

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5. If you're concerned that you injured the bone at all you really ______ see a doctor. A simple x-ray could identify that and allow you to be treated properly. (dev.kneeguru.flowmo.co)

Expected answer

ought to
'should see a doctor' is also possible here
should
'ought to see a doctor' is also possible here

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6. You ______ dispose of any waste which has not come into contact with body fluids or spillages – needle wrappings, single-use guide tubes, etc. – via commercial or domestic waste. (baab.co.uk)

Expected answer

ought to
'ought to dispose of any waste' is unlikely here
should
'should dispose of any waste' is better here

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7. Family applications ______ include separate forms for each child, either an AN Form where the child is now an adult or an MN1 Form for a minor. (legalally.co.uk)

Expected answer

ought to
'ought to include separate forms' is unlikely here
should
'should include separate forms' is better here

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8. The remains of six people were once found on the site of the property's old chapel (...). Pat Bywater said her husband fell in love with the property straight away and felt they ______ buy it. ‘But I didn't – I thought quite the opposite,' she said. (news.bbc.co.uk)

Expected answer

ought to
'should buy it' is also possible here
should
'ought to buy it' is also possible here

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