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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

i _ go to park in my childhood days.

why used to instead of would ?
  

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Your question is not very clear. ", the word "would" describes repeated or habitual past activity.

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  • ", the word "would" describes repeated or habitual past activity.
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Your question is not very clear.

In "I would go to the park ...", the word "would" describes repeated or habitual past activity.
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(one word) I -------------- go to the park in my childhood days. would
(two words) I -------------- -----
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Anonymous why used to instead of would ?
This question is a perfect example of why the words you are asking about should be set off from the words of the question itself, either using quotes or italics. Write this:

Why "used to" instead of "would"?
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Shouldn't it be this please?
GPYthe word "would" describes a repeated or habitual past activity.
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KhoshtipManShouldn't it be this please?GPYthe word "would" describes a repeated or habitual past activity.
No, I intentionally used "activity" in its uncountable sense.
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For the future applications, how to recognize a noun is countable or not?
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KhoshtipManFor the future applications, how to recognize a noun is countable or not?
If a non-plural noun does not have an article or other determiner ("my", "this", "any" etc.), then it is usually uncountable. (There are exceptions in certain idiomatic expressions, and in abbreviated styles such as are used headlines.) If a noun has an indefinite article ("a"
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Three questions:
1- What about this please?
GPYan article or other determiners ("my", "this", "any" etc.)
2- What do you mean by this:
GPY in abbreviated styles such as are used headlines.
Would you tell an example?

3- By saying the previous question I meant something else!
Consider I want to write a le
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KhoshtipManThere how can I determine which one is countable to write a determiner for it?
This dictionary gives both countable and uncountable definitions and examples for nouns:
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/activity

eg.
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KhoshtipMandeterminers
This is not correct for the context of my sentence because a single noun cannot have more than one determiner.
KhoshtipMan2- What do you mean by this: GPY in abbreviated styles such as are used headlines. Would you tell an example?
Here are headline examples from a newspaper:

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