Question

You................ (ought/aught) to have said it long ago​

Answer 1

You ought to have said it long ago.

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct word fill in the sentence is ought and makes the sentence as You 'ought' to have said it long ago​.

Explanation:

What is 'ought to'?

Because ought to resembles both a modal and a main verb in some aspects, it is classified as a semi-modal verb.

For example, it is followed by to, unlike modal verbs, but, like modal verbs, it does not change form for person: I should call my parents.

What is 'aught to'?

The term "aught," which should not be mistaken with the helpful verb "ought," is most frequently used in the United Kingdom. In a very perplexing way, it can indicate either everything or — get ready — nothing at all.

Without getting too existential, it does seem a little mind-boggling that one word can represent both the entirety of the cosmos and the total absence of matter. However, cosmic synchronicity has nothing to do with the cause of the duality. Instead, it was a result of a mistake made by a person since "an aught" sounds extremely similar to "a nought" or "a zero."

So, from all these meaning we can say that the correct word is 'ought'.

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