By Idioms, Negations

Are you saying that the structure in the football example is not "used to", but is "used" (or used not)?I'm saying that the structure is the whole thing, not just a word or two. I | used / decided / promised | . It 'sounds wrong' because 'used' and 'to' have fused into the...

She's certainly recovering quite well from the operation, but she doesn't — going back to teaching a class of 8-year-olds! First of all, C is the only possibility. Now, as for A: do well by ---ing is usually would do well by ---ing. It means should ---. It expresses advice, a...

Thank you to all those who have posted their suggestions to my little imagination game. Some have taken it very seriously thinking they would have to relearn English after the 'changes'. This was meant to be just a game, not for those wo take everything seriously, and of course in this game...