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Lagataw Posted 16 years ago
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Did you used to...
I tried to search this question in your archives but I was always redirected to "the difference between be used to + N and used to + V". And I can't find your FAQ tab.
Anyway, my question is what is the Y/N question form of the sentence "S + used to + V" (e.g. I used to work there.)
Is it "Did you use to work there?"
or "Did you used to work there?"
I saw a book before that says they're both OK. Now a native speaker in my school says only the latter is correct. Google results also affirm the native speaker's opinion.
Anyway, my question is what is the Y/N question form of the sentence "S + used to + V" (e.g. I used to work there.)
Is it "Did you use to work there?"
or "Did you used to work there?"
I saw a book before that says they're both OK. Now a native speaker in my school says only the latter is correct. Google results also affirm the native speaker's opinion.
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They are both 'OK'. Swan says the former is common and the latter, an alternative, is considered incorrect by 'many'.
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Mister MicawberSwan says the former is common and the latter, an alternative, is considered incorrect by 'many'.It's strange because the former, to me, looks like a combination of words that could not possibly be grammatical. I have never understood this construction.
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