Aught vs. Ought
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 11:19 am
Jan, my computer accepts this:
Accepting the Christ-life is easy, living as a Christian aught is not.
But it does not accept this:
Accepting the Christ-life is easy, living as a Christian ought is not.
It insists on this:
Accepting the Christ-life is easy, living as a Christian ought to be is not.
Any reason, or is it just computer correctness gone wild?
Thanks,
Lillian
Accepting the Christ-life is easy, living as a Christian aught is not.
But it does not accept this:
Accepting the Christ-life is easy, living as a Christian ought is not.
It insists on this:
Accepting the Christ-life is easy, living as a Christian ought to be is not.
Any reason, or is it just computer correctness gone wild?
Thanks,
Lillian