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"some church", "some castle") as early as the 12th century. Miller Down Beat’s Yearbook of Swing n. [SE spook, a ghost] (US black) a white person. Burley Orig. 1944 [US] D. 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. 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. Hbk of Harlem Jive 19: Us young homes, and lanes and hipstuds, gray and fay, and spook and spade. Except in negatives and questions, the correct form is used to: we used to go to the movies all the time (not we use to go to the movies). However, I am unable to substantiate this. e. To me, "used to" and "used for" are incompatible, as shown in the examples below. 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 the pronunciation is the same in both cases. The spaced en-dash is more commonly used in the UK than it is in the US, often where the American choice is for the unspaced Jul 29, 2023 · Spook was actually used by black people to refer to white people, presumably on the notion of “white” ghosts. MS Word doesn't "see" the differences, so I turned to "Essential grammar 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 didn't use to go to the It is used within the AP Stylebook, for example. // Tinfoil Hat essentially answers that the choice is a free one (although only giving a reference from one style guide, CMoS). 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? Sep 22, 2024 · Sven Yargs' answer provides a level of support for using the dash rather than the ellipsis; the comment you cite has no supporting reference. However, in negatives and questions using 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 spoken. p. 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 from personal experience. spook n. (Green’s . : spook: a white musician. Jul 28, 2017 · If "used to" is a set idiomatic phrase (i. The practical meaning is that the speaker doesn't know which church, or which castle: After wandering in the woods for days, he saw some castle in the distance. 1939 [US] P. g. E. (Green’s 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 the pronunciation is the same in both cases.

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