May 6, 2013 · 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 …

8 It has been used as the symbol... is correct here. Use Present Perfect when the action referred to started in the past, and either continues (or continues to have relevance) at the time of …

Oct 27, 2015 · I am trying to find out if this question is correct. Did Wang Bo used to be awkward? Should I write "use to be" instead of "used to be," or is "used to be" correct in this sentence?

Apr 18, 2017 · 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 …

Jun 13, 2019 · What is the negative form of "I used to be"? I often hear "I didn't used to be" but that sounds awfully wrong in my ears.

Feb 14, 2024 · I am trying to explain to an ESL student how to understand when to treat "some" as plural and when to treat it as singular. One clear rule is when "some" is the subject followed...

Jan 8, 2015 · 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 …

It is used within the AP Stylebook, for example. I have never seen a reference to and/or in any spoken English textbooks, and as such, when answering how it is spoken, I can only speak …

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 …

Mar 21, 2016 · But used to is the fixed spelling for the /'yustu/ pronunciation, in both idioms (rather than /yuzd tu/, as in Shovels were used to dig this entrance tunnel). So if it isn't spelled used …