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Taka Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Used to

He used to smoke a lot.

Is it possible to convert the sentence above to the past perfect?
  

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That would be redundant. Avoid it.

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That would be redundant. Avoid it.
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TakaHe used to smoke a lot.Is it possible to convert the sentence above to the past perfect?
No. Used to is only used in the past tense. If, for any mysterious reason, you need the past perfect, you have to resort to other structures:

It had been his habit/custom to smoke a lot.
He had been in the habit of smoking a lot.
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