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Sentence #61826

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sacredceltic sacredceltic December 19, 2011 December 19, 2011 at 3:32:44 PM UTC link Permalink

Did you use

bapouy bapouy January 2, 2012 January 2, 2012 at 8:34:01 PM UTC link Permalink

I think you should write: Did you use to live here?.

duran duran January 4, 2012 January 4, 2012 at 11:25:37 PM UTC link Permalink

As CK said before, Both of them correct:
Did you used to.....? or
Did you use to......?

Eldad Eldad January 4, 2012 January 4, 2012 at 11:32:13 PM UTC link Permalink

Corrected (after "did", one cannot use "used", but rather the basic form of the verb).

duran duran January 5, 2012 January 5, 2012 at 4:55:15 AM UTC link Permalink

http://thestar.com.my/english/s...sec=lifefocus.
In fact, we can use both of them. but "use to" is
more common.

Eldad Eldad January 5, 2012 January 5, 2012 at 10:34:11 AM UTC link Permalink

Thank you very much, duran.
I didn't know that "didn't used to" could be correct.

sacredceltic sacredceltic January 5, 2012 January 5, 2012 at 11:21:41 AM UTC link Permalink

everything is either correct or will soon become so at some point, in English...

Eldad Eldad January 5, 2012 January 5, 2012 at 11:56:12 AM UTC link Permalink

:)

duran duran January 5, 2012 January 5, 2012 at 12:24:35 PM UTC link Permalink

We obey the rules, But the native speakers don't.
Take care. :)

sacredceltic sacredceltic January 5, 2012 January 5, 2012 at 12:50:19 PM UTC link Permalink

rules? Whose rules?

sacredceltic sacredceltic January 5, 2012 January 5, 2012 at 12:56:31 PM UTC link Permalink

>they know them internally well enough that they know when something "sounds right" or "sounds wrong."

Not anymore. because English is spoken by very various groups in the world, that most natives have never heard or read in their life.
One's "rules" sound "wrong" to another one.

"sounding" is not a good criteria for defining a "rule".

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