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- What is the difference between used to and I was used to?
1 Used to describes an action or state of affairs that was done repeatedly or existed for a period in the past; to be used to (or to get used to) means "be or become familiar with someone or something through experience" I used to go in southern Italy every summer I was used to understand when somebody was lying
- that which used together - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The that is a pronoun referring back to a noun phrase and the which is the relative pronoun used for non-animate antecedents If we expand the shortest of the OP's example sentences to replace the pronoun that with its noun referent, we get: A very small part of acting is acting which takes place on the stage!
- Didnt you USED TO or Didnt you USE TO? [duplicate]
I was somehow confused encountering this sentence: Didn't you USED TO work with Annie at Macy's? Should we use USE TO here since we are using Did which needs the base form of the verb
- grammar - Storytelling, used to and would - English Language Usage . . .
When we tell a story that happened in the past should we use 'used to' and 'would' for actions that happened regularly in that story For example in the following what differences do the five forms
- Used to or used for? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
To me, "used to" and "used for" are incompatible, as shown in the examples below However, I am unable to substantiate this MS Word doesn't "see" the differences, so I turned to "Essential grammar
- What is the origin and history of the word motherf---er?
Most fortuitously for you, just a couple of days ago I stumbled upon a book that answers this and most any question one might have on the word fuck and its multitudinous derivatives — anyone who has the slightest bit curiosity about this subject would do well to check out Jesse Sheidlower's The F-word, a very accessible and fun book In writing the book, the author had access to the Oxford
- Did used to vs. did use to - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The use of "used to" is much more frequent than "use to", but what about "did used to" vs "did use to"?
- Passive voice for sentences using modals and used to:
I always have some problems with changing an active sentence which contains used to into a passive sentence, for example: Mr Green used to teach languages at school What is the passive form? I
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