Timeline for I lived vs I used to live
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| Oct 30, 2020 at 15:44 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Apr 1, 2020 at 17:58 | comment | added | Taylor R | This seems like a better answer than the others. | |
| Sep 12, 2013 at 14:05 | comment | added | Kris | Happened to find this post after answering this question (possible duplicate) english.stackexchange.com/q/126627/14666 -- Along with the 'stative-durative' difference, I thought there's also the 'customary' nature implied in used to that's absent in (did). The 'no-longer' part is indeed a "presupposition" but probably not a defined implication: People are used to understanding the phrase that way, but it is not necessarily implying so. | |
| Jun 22, 2012 at 18:11 | history | edited | John Lawler | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
edited body; added 19 characters in body; deleted 15 characters in body
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| Jun 22, 2012 at 14:35 | history | answered | John Lawler | CC BY-SA 3.0 |