Timeline for Alternatives to the common construction "didn't used to"
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| Aug 25, 2020 at 16:47 | comment | added | GJC | Page 496 of Collins Cobuild English Usage reads: "Many use used to instead in questions. However, some people consider that this use is incorrect. If the 'wh'-word is the object of the clause, or part of the object, you use the auxiliary do after it, followed by the subject and used to. What did you used to do on Sundays?" Why isn't use to possible in the second structure? | |
| Feb 3, 2014 at 21:14 | vote | accept | Dustin L. | ||
| Feb 3, 2014 at 2:31 | history | edited | Mari-Lou A | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 3, 2014 at 2:25 | comment | added | Peter Shor | "I didn't use(d) to" usually means "At one time I did not do this, but I do now." So "I never" is not an acceptable replacement. However, "I never used to" works fine. | |
| Feb 3, 2014 at 2:23 | history | edited | Mari-Lou A | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 3, 2014 at 1:59 | history | edited | Mari-Lou A | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 3, 2014 at 1:53 | history | answered | Mari-Lou A | CC BY-SA 3.0 |