http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/IncognizableModals/cqglp/post.htm#247777Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:03:02 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:247777Jpe0http://www.englishforums.com/English/IncognizableModals/cqglp/post.htm#247777http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-247777.xml"oughtn't" is still used in BrEng. Not sure about "usedn't," though.http://www.englishforums.com/English/IncognizableModals/cqglp/post.htm#247683Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:03:02 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:247683Inchoateknowledge1http://www.englishforums.com/English/IncognizableModals/cqglp/post.htm#247683http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-247683.xmlThis is the book I study from.http://www.englishforums.com/English/IncognizableModals/cqglp/post.htm#247672Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:03:02 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:247672rvw2http://www.englishforums.com/English/IncognizableModals/cqglp/post.htm#247672http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-247672.xmlA grammar book I use lists the following as the modal auxiliaries: can/could may-might will/would shall/should must ought and the following as modal-like auxiliaries: had better have got get (to) have (to) be able be supposed be bound I've never heard of usedn't, or You do not ought to stop smoking. I would say He used to not smoke and You should not stop smoking.http://www.englishforums.com/English/IncognizableModals/cqglp/post.htm#247666Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:03:02 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:247666Goodman3http://www.englishforums.com/English/IncognizableModals/cqglp/post.htm#247666http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-247666.xmlInchoateknowledge wrote: there are some oddities I have just dug up in a grammar book and in which you might be interested: Marginal modal auxiliaries: used to, ought to, need, dare used to: He usedn't to smoke. He did not use to smoke. He used to drink, did he not. Did he use to drink? ought to: Ought I to stop smoking? Yes, you ought (to). You oughtn't to stop smoking. You do not ought to stop smoking. dare, need: may act as modals and full verbs. The modal usage is restricted to non-assertive contexts, negatives, to if clauses. I think the grammar book you are using is confusing you more than helping you. In m opinion, I think you will probably beneift more by reading Reader Digest. I never heard people say "usedn't " nor...http://www.englishforums.com/English/IncognizableModals/cqglp/post.htm#247614Sun, 26 Apr 2009 21:03:02 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:247614Marius Hancu4http://www.englishforums.com/English/IncognizableModals/cqglp/post.htm#247614http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-247614.xml&gt;He usedn't to smoke. Strange to me, but ... you may enjoy these:-) http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=24673 http://tinyurl.com/ztoewhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/IncognizableModals/cqglp/post.htmThu, 26 Mar 2009 22:03:02 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:247586Inchoateknowledge5http://www.englishforums.com/English/IncognizableModals/cqglp/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-247586.xmlthere are some oddities I have just dug up in a grammar book and in which you might be interested: Marginal modal auxiliaries: used to, ought to, need, dare used to: He usedn't to smoke. He did not use to smoke. He used to drink, did he not. Did he use to drink? ought to: Ought I to stop smoking? Yes, you ought (to). You oughtn't to stop smoking. You do not ought to stop smoking. dare, need: may act as modals and full verbs. The modal usage is restricted to non-assertive contexts, negatives, to if clauses.