Why 'used to'? think about it?

[nq:1]take the sentence 'i used to be a communist'. it means that person had once been a communist. but, what does it mean that one 'used' to be something. if you were something, you were something. what did you 'use' by being something?[/nq]
Ah, language works in mysterious ways. Some people type without using capital letters. Weird. Wild! Kinda funny, even.
Skitt
CAUTION: My veracit

[nq:1]take the sentence 'i used to be a communist'. it means that person had once been a communist. but, what does it mean that one 'used' to be something.[/nq]
It's all to do with corticocortical coherence. Cocorico.

R.

[nq:1]take the sentence 'i used to be a communist'. if you were something, you were something. what did you 'use' by being something?[/nq]
It's even deeper than that! Ponder this sentence:
"I'm used to be a communist".
I deal with the question in the 8th volume of my
forthcoming "Prolegomena to a Preliminary Analysis of the Semiotic Aspects of Government and Bondage in Universal Ge

[nq:1]"I'm used to be a communist".[/nq]
Or rather "I'm used to being a communist".
But it does get worse, as I no longer find my political stance familiar:-

"I used to be used to being a communist".
DC Lenin

[nq:2]"I'm used to be a communist".[/nq]
[nq:1]Or rather "I'm used to being a communist". But it does get worse, as I no longer find my political stance familiar:- "I used to be used to being a communist". DC Lenin[/nq]
Did you carry a card? Then you were a Communist.

Skitt (in Hayward, California)
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[nq:2]"I'm used to be a communist".[/nq]
[nq:1]Or rather "I'm used to being a communist".[/nq]
Tsk, tsk, tsk. You've got your semiotics in
a twist. I see that not only my "Prolegomena etc." are sorely needed, not only my "Preliminary Analysis etc." which is to follow, but also and above
all my "Analysis etc."
The whole field of UGG has been left untilled
for far too long. I

[nq:2]Or rather "I'm used to being a communist". ... used to be used to being a communist". DC Lenin[/nq]
[nq:1]Did you carry a card? Then you were a Communist.[/nq]
It was an illustration of usage as in "I used to have a sense of humour".

[nq:2]Or rather "I'm used to being a communist".[/nq]
[nq:1]Tsk, tsk, tsk. You've got your semiotics in a twist. I see that not only my "Prolegomena etc." are sorely ... for far too long. It urgently needs Government and Bondage. Even if it means putting a sin tax on x-bars.[/nq]
Gorblimey. Looking forward to it.

[nq:2]Did you carry a card? Then you were a Communist.[/nq]
[nq:1]It was an illustration of usage as in "I used to have a sense of humour".[/nq]
Yes, and I was illustrating capitalization; not that of money, of course. Strangely, I was once living in a country controlled by Communists. I didn't have The Card, though.

Skitt (in Hayward, California)
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[nq:1]Strangely, I was once living in a country controlled by Communists. I didn't have The Card, though.[/nq]
You are forgiven. 90% didn't either, if I can believe what I have read. Much like in Ancient Sparta.