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Lucas21c Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Would/used to

Are both of (A) and (B) okay in the following sentences?

Jane [ (A) used to / (B) would ] wear a pink sweater.
  

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Yes, but in my experience B is much, much more common .

— Clive

  • Yes, but in my experience B is much, much more common .
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Yes, but in my experience B is much, much more common.
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According to my grammar book, (A) means regular habit while (B) irregular one. Is that true? Or, is there no difference between them?
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Sorry, in my last post I meant A.

Yes, but in my experience A is much, much more common.

Clive
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I posted another question attached to your answer. Could you answer it? I am not sure whether your second answer is to my first question or second one.
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There's some truth in that, but we do not usually speak so carefully.

Clive
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"Jane would wear a pink sweater" may seem ambiguous or incomplete as a stand-alone sentence. With "would," you often need to include another past action to make it clear that you are talking about the past:

Jane would wear a pink sweater every time we went out.
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