So: when in doubt do naught, or even nowt, abstain.
For I do naught that deserves censure, and I care not for what is reported falsely.
"I am her Majesty's subject", he said, "I shall do naught but what she commands me".
To all those who are tempted by their cynical side to disparage and discredit all that Lance Armstrong has achieved because of a single piece of questionable sensationalized news, I say unto ye: is there truly naught you could be doing with thy time?
The rush to increase profits has come to naught and in many cases led to financial disaster.Imagine what those young people could have done if they had chosen careers in science and medicine.
(Expensive appraisals, demolition and restoration done for naught for example).
"It all could be for naught come November.
The use of "aught" to mean "nothing," "zero," or "cipher" is a nineteenth-century corruption of the word "naught," which actually does mean nothing, and which, as in the phrase "all for naught," is still in current usage.
If that's true, the recent wave of Keynesian stimulus spending could be for naught.
But if the Colts win their third consecutive game, their weeks of suffering could go for naught.
