Was used to / used to , help me please;

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Dear TeachersAre both with same meaning?I was used to eating Chinese food.I used to eat Chinese very often. Thanks a lot

Pastsimple · Accepted Answer

No,

I was used to eating Chinese food. = I was accustomed to eating Chinese food, it was no problem for me to eat it

I used to eat Chinese very often. = It was my habit to eat Chinese food, now I don't eat it anymore

CalifJim · Answer

Pastsimple's answer is completely right.

was used to is not the same as used to.

was used to is about what you felt comfortable doing because you were very familiar with it, and had a lot of experience doing it. You had come to know what to expect about it. is/was/are/were used to is followed by a noun or, more often, a verb with -ing.

I was used to bad weather.
The chef was used to good wine.
They were used to drinking beer with pizza.

used to is about a habit -- something you did again and again. Usually, this form implies that you don't do it anymore. used (not preceded by a form of be) is followed by an infinitive when you want this meaning.

They used to play chess. (They don't play chess anymore.)

We used to like radishes. (We don't like them now.)
George used to visit me often. (He doesn't visit often anymore.)

CJ

Note: In these expressions, used is pronounced yooss.

Jacky56Lin · Answer

Hello CalifJim and Pastsimple

Is “be used to” a stative verb or a dynamic verb?

Sometimes I hear as below:

I wasn’t interested in something, but I am now.

Or

I was interested in something, but I am not now.

Tell me if “ I was used to something”, it implies “ I am not now”?

Thank you very much.

CalifJim · Answer

Jacky56LinIs “be used to” a stative verb or a dynamic verb?

It's called a semi-modal expression, and it's stative.

Jacky56LinTell me if “ I was used to something”, it implies “ I am not now”?

No. "was used to" is simply descriptive of the past. It doesn't say anything about the present.

But in fact, once you become used to doing something, you probably continue to be used to it for the rest of your life, so it's very unlikely that if you were used to something, you are no longer used to it. There may be rare cases where you discontinue a habit for many years, and forget about it, and then you are no longer used to it, but in most cases, you are still used to the same things you became used to in the past.

CJ

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