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I don't know of a webpage that drills these ideas, but here is some written material that may help. There are, in American English, five types of verb with regard to the pronunciation of the regular past tense. (The spelling rules are
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califjim
180 days ago
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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 104 days ago
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In American English, "used to" and "use to" (in both the "s" being pronounced /s/ and in the former expression ... did not use to play on that team. Didn' t she use to work for your company? (end quote) No wonder
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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 it a practice" or "be accustomed" can be quite conveniently regarded as an ordinary English verb that is
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In American English, "used to" and "use to" (in both the "s" being pronounced /s/ and in the former expression having the "d" silent) are both standard *under the appropriate circumstances.* From *The
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raymond s. wise
5 yr 106 days ago
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In the recent discussion of the verb "use", meaning "to be accustomed", its use in the infinitive and the simple past tense were mentioned, but I don't recall that anyone mentioned its use in the past perfect tense. An
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bob cunningham
5 yr 197 days ago
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Because, of course, it isn't. The positive and negative senses ... enough to both that you can get away with it. I'm familiar with your and Professor Lawler's point of view, but I'm also aware that it collapses in the face of
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evan kirshenbaum
5 yr 198 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 199 days ago
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So did I hear aright, some Coalition (American) spokesman in Iraq talking about extremists "wrecking havoc"? Is that in the category of "in one foul swoop", "I did it off my own back", or is it just a matter of
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I can say this much: I would feel deeply insulted if anyone thought I spoke like Steve Irwin. The most distinctive feature I've noticed in Steve Irwin's speech (compared to other Australians I've known and heard) is that his /a/ sound
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rich wales
5 yr 228 days ago
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