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Anonymous Posted 21 years ago
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used to, was
I used to be a nurse. I was a nurse.
Do these two sentence have the same meaning? They both tell the reader a past regular activiy? Thank you very much for your help.
Do these two sentence have the same meaning? They both tell the reader a past regular activiy? Thank you very much for your help.
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Both refer to the past. "I used to be" always implies that you don't work as a nurse any longer. "I was " simply places that activity in the past; according to the context, you may still be a nurse or not.
- Both refer to the past.
- "I used to be" always implies that you don't work as a nurse any longer.
- "I was " simply places that activity in the past; according to the context, you may still be a nurse or not.
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Both refer to the past. "I used to be" always implies that you don't work as a nurse any longer. "I was " simply places that activity in the past; according to the context, you may still be a nurse or not.
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