- I use to, or I used to - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The important part is that "used to" must be pronounced yustə , with an st , not a zd This is true for the past terminative idiom in this example, and also for the different idiom be used to, meaning 'be accustomed to', as in the second clause in I used to have trouble sleeping, but now I'm used to the train whistles in the night
- Where did the phrase used to come from? - English Language Usage . . .
The expression used to in the sense of was in the habit of, has been around a very long time, as @Philoto assiduously researched But originally it was as likely to be the present tense form use to as past tense used to I think any such present tense usage today is simply by mistake, not in an attempt to convey 'archaic' connotations
- 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
- Meaning of by when used with dates - inclusive or exclusive
Meaning of "by" when used with dates - inclusive or exclusive [duplicate] Ask Question Asked 10 years, 11 months ago Modified 10 years, 11 months ago
- The difference between I used to and Im used to [closed]
What is the difference between "I used to" and "I'm used to" and when to use each of them? Here, I have read the following example: I used to do something: "I used to drink green tea " "I used to drink green tea", means that in the past I drank green tea, but now I don't Used to describes an action that did happen, but doesn't happen now
- Correct usage of replacing cuss words with symbols
16 I've noticed that symbols (i e #, $, %, !, *, etc ) are commonly used to filter profanity foul language Just out of curiosity, is there a specific way to do this I've noticed sometimes there isn't a specific number of symbols but normally the number of symbols correspond to the number of letters in the cuss word E g :
- differences - Didnt used to or didnt use to? - English Language . . .
Here is a question that has been nagging me for a few years: Which is the right usage: "Didn't used to" or "didn't use to?" Examples: We lived on the coast for years but we didn't use to go to the
- Compared with vs Compared to—which is used when?
Bryan Garner, Garner's Modern American Usage, fourth edition (2016) provides what I take to be the current (and traditional) formal prescriptivist view among U S usage authorities of when to use compered with and when to use compared to: compare with; compare to The usual phrase has for centuries been compare with, which means "to place side by side, noting differences and similarities
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