I figure if we make one more good crop out of this gumbo clay, we might ought to be thinking of moving on.
source:
COCA
Entry:
1024
Example:
I figure if we make one more good crop out of this gumbo clay, we might ought to be thinking of moving on.
Modal 1:
might
Modal 2:
ought to
Gender:
Male
Race/Ethnicity:
Unknown
Age:
unknown
Level of Education:
Unknown
Home Community, Town, or State:
Unknown
Location Collected:
Fictional Story
Year:
2002
Relation to Addressee:
man to woman
Medium:
Written
Sentence Structure:
1.2
Status:
Naturalistic
Notes:
rom Duff, Gerald. 2002. 'Texas Wherever you look' in Southwest Review 87:4.
(author is from Beaumont, TX)
Full Context: self with the rest of the embers. # " Why do you say that? " she said finally and made one more lick at her hair with the brush. I had bought that brush for her off a drummer up from New Orleans. It was a good one. I had paid top dollar for the best one he had in his valise. " What are you meaning when you say that? " # " Well, " I said. " I figure if we make one more good crop out of this gumbo clay, we might ought to be thinking of moving on. " # " Moving on? " she said and turned slow to look at me, lying there in the bed. I couldn't see her eyes in the dark with her back turned toward the fireplace the way she was sitting, but then a little flareup happened in the embers and a glint of reddish light come over her face for about as long as it takes to tell about it and say it happened. # " Yes, " I said.