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    Thumbs up (Used to (do

    Aslam 3lekm
    how you doin

    Here's a new topic
    about grammar i hope you
    that it could satisfy you
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    Study this example situation:



    Khaled stopped smoking two years ago. He doesn't smoke any more



    But he used to smoke.

    He used to smoke 40 cigarettes a day.



    "He used to smoke" = he smoked regularly sometime in the past,

    But he doesn't smoke now. He was a smoker,

    But now he isn't.



    Past = he used to smoke

    Now = he doesn't smoke



    "Something used to happen" = something happened regularly in the past

    no longer happens:


    * I used to play tennis a lot but I don't play very often now.



    * Sara used to travel a lot. These days she doesn't go away so often

    .

    * "Do you go to cinema very often?"

    "Not no, but I used to." (= I used to go….)





    We also use used to… for something that was true but is not true anymore:



    * This building is now a furniture shop. It used to be a cinema.



    * I used to think he was unfriendly but now I realise he's a very nice person.



    * I've started drinking coffee recently. I never used to like it before.


    * Sara used to have very long hair when she was a child.



    "I used to do something" is past. There is no present form.

    You can't say "I use to do".

    To talk about the present, use the present simple (I do).



    Compare:



    Past: he used to smoke, we used to live, there used to be

    Present: he smokes, we live, there is



    * We used to live in a small village but now live in Riyadh.



    * There used to be four cinemas in town. Now there is only one.



    The normal question form is did (you) use to…?:
    * Did you use to eat a lot of sweets when you were a child?



    The negative form is didn't use to…. (used not to… is also possible)



    * I didn't use to like him. (or I used not to like him.)





    Compare I used to do and I was doing:



    * I used to watch TV a lot. (= I watched TV regularly in the past,

    but I no longer do this)



    * I was watching TV when the phone rang. (= I was in the middle

    of watching TV)



    Do not confuse I used to do and I am used to doing.

    The structures and meanings are different:



    * I used to live alone. (= I lived alone in the past but I no longer live alone)



    * I am used to living alone. (= I live alone and I don't find it strange

    Or new because I've been living alone for sometime)



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    THE END
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    Although it's short
    but i hope it means a lot

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    Best Regard
    Lips Licker
    A Prince Who Wishes To Achieve Great Things
    Must Learn To Deceive


    Niccolo Machiavelli


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    interesting, useful, and important
    thanx lips for the topic, keep it up
    ~ إذا دعتك قدرتك على ظلم الناس، فتذكر قدرة الله عليك ~

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    WOW that was too fast

    it's a great honor for me that you the first one
    who posted here




    A Prince Who Wishes To Achieve Great Things
    Must Learn To Deceive


    Niccolo Machiavelli


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    Thanks alot
    We wait for more and more
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    وحده لا شريك له
    له الملك و له الحمد
    و هو على كل شىء قدير

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    great topic
    ThanX
    ^^

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    it's useful topic
    thanx alot
    .. اللهم يسر لي أمري وأشرح لي صدري..

    "Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes."

    Open Arms To Changes BUT Don't let go to
    Values

    progress is impossible without change,and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything



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    fantastic explanation


    many thx

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    many thanks brother
    i'am always confused between the last 2 rules


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    what if i dont want to tell u O.O
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    وعليكم السلام ..
    I desided that im going to improve my english from today by partespating in this fourm raglerly ..
    most of my problems is in gramer and spelling .. but i hope this fourm will help me ^_^
    thank you for this great topic .. ^_^

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    thanks alot

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    thanks..

    best wishes

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