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  1. "that which" used together - English Language & Usage Stack …

    The that is a pronoun referring back to a noun phrase and the which is the relative pronoun used for non-animate antecedents. If we expand the shortest of the OP's example sentences to …

  2. word order of here + adverb + noun, e.g. here used method

    Both "here used" and "previously cited" can function as modifiers before a noun or after it (as with "method here used" or "method used here" in the first case, and with "example previously …

  3. How to use "used to use"? - English Language & Usage Stack …

    Is it correct to say something like this? I used to use the knife to open things like cans.

  4. The use of "habit " as an alternative to "used to" [closed]

    I used to smoke. (1-4) are all grammatical, and can all be used to describe the same contexts, but they don't have the same grammar, and they don't mean the same things. (4) is an idiomatic …

  5. grammar - Is "used" an auxiliary verb in this sentence? - English ...

    Dec 21, 2023 · She used to be a varsity athlete. In a grammar book, the above sentence was listed among sentences containing at least one auxiliary verb. If "used" is indeed …

  6. grammar - The difference between "would" and "used to" - English ...

    Feb 24, 2016 · I used to work for a software company and would sell different software programs. The first clause in this compound sentence carries the sense of description of a past thing …

  7. What is ":-" used for? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    On a side note, ":-" is used in Swedish (and probably elsewhere – at least in German, I think, but punctuation is hard to search for…) for an amount of money. "123:-" is 123 SEK.

  8. To Be Used Of/For - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Does "to be used OF" mean "to be used FOR": wikipedia The English term "empiric" derives from the Greek word ἐμπειρία, which is cognate with and translates to the Latin experientia, from …

  9. What is the difference between "used to" and "I was used to"?

    1 Used to describes an action or state of affairs that was done repeatedly or existed for a period in the past; to be used to (or to get used to) means "be or become familiar with someone or …

  10. Didn't you USED TO or Didn't you USE TO? [duplicate]

    I was somehow confused encountering this sentence: Didn't you USED TO work with Annie at Macy's?. Should we use USE TO here since we are using Did which needs the base form of …