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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
"lived, used to live, and would live"
1) I lived in the USA.
2) I used to live in the USA.
3) I would live in USA.
Is there a meaning difference between them? I think that all of them mean the same and they are interchangeable for the same meaning. What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual and have a good day.
2) I used to live in the USA.
3) I would live in USA.
Is there a meaning difference between them? I think that all of them mean the same and they are interchangeable for the same meaning. What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual and have a good day.
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1) I lived in the USA. Refers to some specific time in the past. eg 2004.
- 1) I lived in the USA.
- Refers to some specific time in the past.
- eg 2004.
- 2) I used to live in the USA.
- A general statement, not referring to a specific time.
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1) I lived in the USA. Refers to some specific time in the past. eg 2004.
2) I used to live in the USA. A general statement, not referring to a specific time.
3) I would live in the USA. In unusual English, suggests that I sometimes lived there in the past, an
2) I used to live in the USA. A general statement, not referring to a specific time.
3) I would live in the USA. In unusual English, suggests that I sometimes lived there in the past, an
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Thank you so much as usual and then can I also say, "I met him several times.", so my question is something like "several times" is okay to use with past form verbs. Thank you so much.
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Thank you so much and I still do not understand the "used to" structure do not refer to a specific time, and then do you think that this sentence is wrong to you?
1) I used to wake up early when I was a child.
1) I used to wake up early when I was a child.
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Anonymous1) I used to wake up early when I was a child.That is correct, as is simply I used to wake up early.
AnonymousI still do not understand the "used to" structure does not refer to a specific timeI used to wake up early in 2004 is not correct.
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2) I used to live in the USA. A general statement, not referring to a specific time.
When I made the comment above, I was referring to your sentence above, and not to
eg I used to wake up early when I was a child.
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When I made the comment above, I was referring to your sentence above, and not to
eg I used to wake up early when I was a child.
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