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"I use to", or "I used to" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
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. 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). However, in negatives and questions using ...
use vs. used what is the correct usage? [duplicate]
I am trying to find out if this question is correct. Did Wang Bo used to be awkward? Should I write "use to be" instead of "used to be," or is "used to be" correct in this sentence?
differences - Didn't used to or didn't use to? - English Language ...
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
The difference between "I used to" and "I'm used to" [closed]
What is the difference between "I used to" and "I'm used to" and when to use each of them? Here, I have read the following example: I used to do something: "I used to drink green tea." "I used to drink green tea", means that in the past I drank green tea, but now I don't. Used to describes an action that did happen, but doesn't happen now.
Why was "Spook" a slur used to refer to African Americans?
Spook was actually used by black people to refer to white people, presumably on the notion of “white” ghosts. spook n. [SE spook, a ghost] (US black) a white person. 1939 [US] P.E. Miller Down Beat’s Yearbook of Swing n.p.: spook: a white musician. 1944 [US] D. Burley Orig. Hbk of Harlem Jive 19: Us young homes, and lanes and hipstuds, gray and fay, and spook and spade. (Green’s ...
'I was using', 'I have used', 'I have been using', 'I had used' - what ...
I have used cocaine. I took cocaine at least once sometime in the past. I was using cocaine. In the past, I was a habitual user of cocaine. EDIT: As the comment says, this can also mean a process in the past, e.g. "I was using cocaine when the accident happened" can mean "I was not looking at the road since I was snorting cocaine." I have been using cocaine. Starting some time in the past, and ...
"Compared with" vs "Compared to"—which is used when?
Bryan Garner, Garner's Modern American Usage, fourth edition (2016) provides what I take to be the current (and traditional) formal prescriptivist view among U.S. usage authorities of when to use compered with and when to use compared to: compare with; compare to. The usual phrase has for centuries been compare with, which means "to place side by side, noting differences and similarities ...
Are "w/o", "w/", "b/c" common abbreviations in the US?
Abbreviations used for taking notes or in other instances where abbreviations might be acceptable. I use them when correcting answers on tests sometimes since there is frequently a scarcity of space.
orthography - When are 'tion', 'sion', and 'cion' used - English ...
I am confused when the spellings "tion", "sion", and "cion" are used in words that contain the "shun" sound. Are there any rules to help me understand when to use the correct spelling in a word?
punctuation - How are bracket ellipsis [...] used in quotations ...
The convention I was taught is that hard brackets are used for insertions in quotations, and ellipses used for deletions. With that convention, you'd never use both at the same time.
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