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As I've said before, and as you can gather from American usage guides, the word "use" with the sense "make ... is fully conjugable, although some of its tenses are for the time being not used in today's English. In the same
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carmen l. abruzzi
5 yr 108 days ago
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used (common error, but still an error) Yes, it is an error, but unfortunately it's not as widely recognized to be an error as it should be. ... the "use" in "use to" is a normal English verb that happens to no longer be
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evan kirshenbaum
5 yr 203 days ago
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I use to think the same thing. Apparently it's not true! used (common error, but still an error) Yes, it is an error, but unfortunately it's not as widely recognized to be an error as it should be. People like our own Professor Lawler
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bob cunningham
5 yr 203 days ago
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"Have" has the lax vowel of "can" (be able), while "halve" has the tense vowel of "can" (= BrE tin). Sorry, Richard, I just don't get it. Not always the teacher's fault. Color to a blind man, or some
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john lawler
5 yr 354 days ago
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