Is *would* meaning that as used to in the sentence below?
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Scottish Scottish wrote: Is would meaning that as used to in the sentence below? It's possible, but not very native. 'Used to' in the first clause has that meaning already covered, and 'learning' is normally a final result, not a process ('studying' is the process): I used to spend hours in studying guitar on YouTube , but I learned nothing.
- Scottish Scottish wrote: Is would meaning that as used to in the sentence below?
- It's possible, but not very native.
- 'Used to' in the first clause has that meaning already covered, and 'learning' is normally a final result, not a process ('studying' is the process): I used to spend hours in studying guitar on YouTube , but I learned nothing.
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ScottishScottish wrote: Is would meaning that as used to in the sentence below?
It's possible, but not very native. 'Used to' in the first clause has that meaning already covered, and 'learning' is normally a final result, not a process ('studying' is the process):
I used to spend hours in studying guitar
0That pattern is occasionally used in introducing a story. It describes a critical event, a turning point. The story continues to describe that event and what happened afterward.
Brittany spent thousands of hours in learning guitar from youtube videos, but would learn nothing until the day she accidentally ran across Ozzy Osbourne.
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