Tom didn't use to drink so much. - English example sentence

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duran August 26, 2011 August 26, 2011 at 6:23:15 AM UTC

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didn't used to > didn't use to

duran August 26, 2011 August 26, 2011 at 6:38:07 AM UTC

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OK, but "didn't use to" is more common.

duran August 26, 2011 August 26, 2011 at 6:51:22 AM UTC

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Don't mention it. Nothing.

AlanF_US July 9, 2019 July 9, 2019 at 1:01:47 PM UTC

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"Never used to" is better. "Didn't used to" is considered wrong by many, including the New Oxford American Dictionary. See discussion here:

#8035253, #28339

CK July 11, 2019 July 11, 2019 at 12:56:41 AM UTC

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There is another audio file here.

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Horus July 11, 2019 July 11, 2019 at 1:00:06 AM UTC

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Tom didn't used to drink so much.

added by CK, August 6, 2011

➜ #1065398Tom çok fazla içmezdi.

linked by duran, August 26, 2011

➜ #1878932Tom ne kutimis drinki tiom.

linked by GrizaLeono, September 30, 2012

➜ #2994733Tom hat früher nicht so viel getrunken.

linked by pne, January 19, 2014

➜ #3243803O Tom não costumava beber tanto.

linked by mervert1, May 11, 2014

➜ #8035582Колись Том не пив так багато.

linked by deniko, July 9, 2019

➜ #8035627Tom dřív tolik nepil.

linked by Ergulis, July 9, 2019

Tom didn't use to drink so much.

edited by CK, July 11, 2019

➜ #1832348Tom ne kutimis tiom multe drinki.