not a tense), then why would it change its form from "use to" to "used to" for the sentence as it does in the positive? On a side note, ":-" is used in Swedish (and probably elsewhere – at least in German, I think, but punctuation is hard to search for…) for an amount of money. Jul 28, 2017 · If "used to" is a set idiomatic phrase (i. "some church", "some castle") as early as the 12th century. MS Word doesn't "see" the differences, so I turned to "Essential grammar Apr 18, 2017 · Here is a question that has been nagging me for a few years: Which is the right usage: "Didn't used to" or "didn't use to?" Examples: We lived on the coast for years but we didn't use to go to the It is used within the AP Stylebook, for example. May 6, 2013 · As reported by the NOAD in a note about the usage of used: There is sometimes confusion over whether to use the form used to or use to, which has arisen largely because the pronunciation is the same in both cases. Jan 18, 2012 · 5 For the sense "not used anymore", one could say "It is used no more". To me, "used to" and "used for" are incompatible, as shown in the examples below. Feb 14, 2024 · 1 To add to Kate Bunting's comment, some has been used with singular nouns to refer generally to the noun (e. Jun 13, 2019 · What is the negative form of "I used to be"? I often hear "I didn't used to be" but that sounds awfully wrong in my ears. "123:-" is 123 SEK. I have never seen a reference to and/or in any spoken English textbooks, and as such, when answering how it is spoken, I can only speak from personal experience. However, in negatives and questions using Oct 27, 2015 · Officially it's "used to be" (and that should be used in written text), but even native English speakers cannot detect the difference between "used to be" and "use to be", when spoken. g. . However, I am unable to substantiate this. e. May 6, 2013 · As reported by the NOAD in a note about the usage of used: There is sometimes confusion over whether to use the form used to or use to, which has arisen largely because the pronunciation is the same in both cases. ngrams for no longer used,used no more,not used any more,not used anymore,not used any longer [listed in descending order of frequency and shown in first figure below] shows that usage of no longer used has increased substantially in the last 200 years or so. Except in negatives and questions, the correct form is used to: we used to go to the movies all the time (not we use to go to the movies). The practical meaning is that the speaker doesn't know which church, or which castle: After wandering in the woods for days, he saw some castle in the distance.

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