1. Learning Correct Forms

The sentences in the following group are correct. Many persons make mistakes in similar sentences. They say should of instead of should have, had ought instead of ought, hadn't ought instead of ought not, and different than instead of different from.

As you read the sentences try to tell if you should have said them differently. If you should have made mistakes in any of them, read these several times till the correct sentences sound right.

1. You should have come earlier.

2. Ought I to have explained the matter?

3. Should I have explained the matter?

4. You ought not to have told her about it.

5. You should not have told her about it.

6. Oughtn't we to have planted the bulbs deeper?

7. This color is different from that.

8. You should have written more carefully.

9. Oughtn't you to write to her?

10. I thought you ought to gather the seeds earlier.

11. You ought not to have kicked the ball then.

12. You should have done the work as well as you could.

13. My explanation is different from yours.

14. I knew I ought not to smile at the mistake.

15. He ought to talk more distinctly.

16. I think your work is different from mine.

17. He should not have spoken so thoughtlessly.

18. Shouldn't you have asked Mary to come with us?

19. Mary ought not to have run away from her little sister.

2. Exercises

Be ready to write from dictation the sentences you have just studied.

Write sentences in which you use should have, ought to have, ought not, should not, and different from. Bring them to class to-morrow. Let some be questions. Include in the set the correct form of any incorrect sentences which you hear in the meantime.