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e. 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. Burley Orig. : spook: a white musician. "some church", "some castle") as early as the 12th century. 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. 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. [SE spook, a ghost] (US black) a white person. The spaced en-dash is more commonly used in the UK than it is in the US, often where the American choice is for the unspaced Jul 29, 2023 · Spook was actually used by black people to refer to white people, presumably on the notion of “white” ghosts. g. However, I am unable to substantiate this. 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). 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? 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. p. 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. To me, "used to" and "used for" are incompatible, as shown in the examples below. // Tinfoil Hat essentially answers that the choice is a free one (although only giving a reference from one style guide, CMoS). spook n. E. Hbk of Harlem Jive 19: Us young homes, and lanes and hipstuds, gray and fay, and spook and spade. (Green’s 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. 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. 1939 [US] P. Miller Down Beat’s Yearbook of Swing n. Sep 22, 2024 · Sven Yargs' answer provides a level of support for using the dash rather than the ellipsis; the comment you cite has no supporting reference. 1944 [US] D. (Green’s . 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. Jul 28, 2017 · If "used to" is a set idiomatic phrase (i.

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