Re: Negative of "used to" in Australian English

"Buzzard" <Buzzard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Michael West wrote:
On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 23:26:27 -0400, Buzzard
<Buzzard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I've also heard "didn't use to"
(but this is in usa, specifically the southern appalachians)
In hearing speech, how would you distinguish between "use to" and
"used to"?

You don't.
Not by the sound, because they DO both sound the same.

When written,
"Didn't use to" looks ok, while
"Didn't used to" looks like a double past tense.

Idioms often look wrong, but that doesn't make them wrong.

Adrian


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