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HSS Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Used To

0Dear Friends,02br
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00[1] I used to go to the movies often when I was in college.02br
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00How would you put the sentence above into a negative or question form? I'm curious.02br
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00I'd say, for the negative,02br
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00[2-1] I usedn't to go to the movie often when I was in college,02br
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00or02br
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00[2-2] I didn't used to go to the movies often when I was in college.02br
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00For the interrogative, I would say,02br
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00[3-1] Used you to go to the movies often when you were in college?,02br
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00or02br
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00[3-2] Did you used to go to the movies often when you were in college?02br
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00Best wishes,02br
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00Hiro/ Sendai, Japan0-
  

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0 Hi HSS02br 02br 00This has been discussed in a number of posts. You may be interested enough to read a thread I started a long time 05000 The structure you are inquiring about is in the second sentence. To sum it all up, some would accept everything you mention and even 01i 00Did you use to go to the movies...?

— Cool Breeze

  • 0 Hi HSS02br 02br 00This has been discussed in a number of posts.
  • You may be interested enough to read a thread I started a long time 05000 The structure you are inquiring about is in the second sentence.
  • To sum it all up, some would accept everything you mention and even 01i 00Did you use to go to the movies...?
  • 02br 02br 00Cheers02br 00CB040pid221472
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0 Hi HSS02br
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00This has been discussed in a number of posts. You may be interested enough to read a thread I started a long time 05000 The structure you are inquiring about is in the second sentence. To sum it all up, some would accept everything you mention and even 01i00Did you use to go to the movies...? 02i00Others reject some of your st
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0Oh, thanks, CB.02br
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00I will see the thread. My mouth utters "didn't used to" and "Did you used to," and when the other way around, I get my tongue tied somehow.02br
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00Best,02br
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00Hiro0-
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01cite10HSS12cite10Dear Friends,12br
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10[1] I used to go to the movies often when I was in college.12br
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10How would you put the sentence above into a negative or question form? I'm curious.12br
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10I'd say, for the negative,12br
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10[2-1] I 1
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0Hi, Amy.02br
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00Not even "didn't used to," but "didn't use to"? Okay, I see. You may more often say simply "didn't go to the movies often," may you not?02br
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00Best,02br
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00Hiro0-
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0 Hi Hiro02br
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00Yes, you can use the simple past tense and an adverb such as 01i00often02i00 or 01i00regularly02i00 to indicate that something didn't happen often in the past (and therefore was not habitual). 02br
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00The negative form of "used to" is often used when something was not habitual in the pa
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