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- 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 - Didnt used to or didnt 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
- 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
- Whats the negation of I used to be? Surely not I didnt used to be?
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
- 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
- Can Mr, Mrs, etc. be used with a first name?
0 Mr is most typically used with either the man's last name alone, or last name and selected other parts of the name But that is for polite society In everyday use, it is often appended to the front of a simple first name to lend a small air of seriousness or respect to what otherwise would be a casual use of the first name alone
- When is some used as plural and when is it used as singular?
I am trying to explain to an ESL student how to understand when to treat "some" as plural and when to treat it as singular One clear rule is when "some" is the subject followed
- Unusual words used to denote a specific length of time?
I'm looking for unusual uncommon words that refer to a period of time Something like fortnight: (chiefly UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, dated in North America) A period of 2 week
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