usedn't?

#2 and #3 are correct, but #1 is not. You should not use the auxiliary verb "did" making negative sentences if you have the construction "used to". You can say, for example, either Did Tom use to get up at 6? or Used Tom to get up at 6? but not Tom didn't use to get up at 6. At least, this i

Yet I've sometimes read in (not so badly written) novels: "he didn't used to..." Has it something to do with Am. & B. English standards? Or was it a typo?

Pieanne
..."he didn't used to..."

Huh, it's strange indeed.

Do you have an English to English dictionary?

If you are wealth enough, just buy one and bring it with you anywhere.(Of course it's impossible to bring a such big dictionary)

I check the usage for you

all of those sentences are correct.

The entry is found in OXFORD Advanced Learner's dictionary, Sixth Edition, 2000

used to

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Hi, Ivantalk! Welcome!

IvantalkAlso, the dictioary tell me that the question form (used you to .....?) is only used in Bre, usually in writing. (old-fashioned or formal )

That's BrE I am learning!

All right, I'll buy! (Are you talking to me?)

Are you Russian?

Actually I am not, I am from China, was born in a small city called Macao SAR. Do you know of it?

Why do you get to this site? I think that there's is not so many people that I think there should be. In China, I don't know which kind of English I am learning. I am shamed to say that I am learning a kind of "Chiense English".

Good luck for you and view my question posted in the fo

Well, I know about China but don't know that small city you were born in. There are many cities in China! I thought you might b

Hi - American English speaker here. I have never, ever seen or heard "usen't" in any context. Can my native English speaking colleagues across the pond tell me that it's used there?

On the other hand, I will say, write informally, or write formally "didn't used to" to mean "something that this person did not do in the past."

I didn't used to waste so much time on compute

Don't you know that Ivan has transformed into English? It is prononced as "I van". Would you like to tell me how to pronounce my name in Russian? I am so curious about that. (Let me guess it in advance, the pronunciation should be like "E van")

Are you a girl? I am sure to give the inference because I can get your *** according to the last letter of your name.Am I right here? (I had learn

Grammar Geek
I didn't used to waste so much time on computer games, but now they are addicting.

I wasn't used to hearing that kind of language from a priest.

Hello, GG!

These two sentences don't have the same meaning, though... "To be used to something = to be familiar with something"/ "I used to ... = a habit I had in th