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 …

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.g. "some church", "some castle") as early as the 12th century. …

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 …

To me, "used to" and "used for" are incompatible, as shown in the examples below. However, I am unable to substantiate this. MS Word doesn't "see" the differences, so I turned to …

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 …

It is used within the AP Stylebook, for example. 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 …

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.

Jul 28, 2017 · If "used to" is a set idiomatic phrase (i.e. 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?

Jul 29, 2023 · 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 …

Oct 21, 2010 · 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 …