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I believe the spelling is "When did you use to go to France?" I've always been shaky on the spelling in this case, in an attempt to reflect the pronunciation. I would normally ... (="accustomed"). I can't think of any
uk.culture.language.english
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brian {hamilton kelly}
4 yr 163 days ago
 Spelling, Expressions, Tenses, Pronunciation, Present Tenses, Speaking, Countries, Usages, Writing, New Zealand, Context, France
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You mean, pronounced "usedta" and "hasta"? No, for "used to", I mean "useta" with the /d/ assimilated to /t/ (or, at least, to a voiceless (d), which isn't quite the same thing).. Good point, but
misc.education.language.english
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james salsman
5 yr 52 days ago
Tenses, Past Tenses, Pronunciation, Accents, Context, Speaking, Countries, Great Britain, Speeches, Training, Ireland, Languages, British Accent, Homographs, Scottish Accents
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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 199 days ago
Regards, Spelling, Pronunciation, Tenses, Negatives, Mistakes, Context, United Kingdom, Friendships, Speaking, Chat, Writing, Languages, Present Tenses, Negations
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It's my understanding that in U.S. dialects that don't have a tense-/& ^/ versus lax-/& / distinction, /&/ is usually tense in all contexts for Northern Cities speakers, and tense before nasals and ... context I mean
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