Visited vs used to visit

Here, not really, but the idiomatic 'used to' adds the suggestion of a past habit.

if you use "He visited his mother every saturday" he will contined that job

else you use "He used to visited his mother every saturday" means previousdays he was done but not now.

Hello, Lakshman-- and welcome to English Forums.

I'm afraid that you are wrong about 'he visited'. That verb is in simple past tense and says nothing whatsoever about continuing the job; in fact, it implies the contrary-- that he no longer does that. Perhaps you are thinking of present perfect simple, 'has visited', or present perfect progressive, 'has been visiting'– but neither of tho

Mister MicawberHello, Lakshman-- and welcome to English Forums.I'm afraid that you are wrong about 'he visited'. That verb is in simple past tense and says nothing whatsoever about continuing the job; in fact, it implies the contrary-- that he no longer does that.

Not really; it's ambiguous and could be used in either case - whether the visits are continuing o

Hello Joe and Lakshman, and welcome to English Forums.

Joe, I can't agree that it's ambiguous. It carries a strong implication that this habit has ended. Is it possible that he still does? Yes, but if you asked me what my inference was, it would certainly be that he no longer does.

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I don't see anything ambiguous about either form in terms of their implication(s) for the present. They are both about a past situation, and neither one implies anything about the present. In other words, the truth of the statement -- whichever of the two you choose -- is not incompatible with either "He visits her every Saturday now as well" or "He doesn't visit her every Saturday anymore".

Yes, there's a difference.

1) He visited his mother every Saturday.
2) He used to visit his mother every Saturday.

Sentence 1 is just reporting John's past routine. Also, even though you have given no context, we can tell that the sentence before sentence 1 was about the past.

Sentence 2 is contrasting John's past routine with the present. So, sentence 2 is about

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In this thread? I think you'll have to post it again.