Hi guys.
I have a little problem with "use to".
I have two examples:
1. Jane is American. She went to Britain and found driving on the left difficult. At first she wasn't used to driving on the left
on this sentence the verb is ending with an ing
2. After breakfast, we used to spend our entire day in the field.
This sentence don't have ane ing...
Ich hoffe ihr versteht mein Problem ich weis net wann ein ing kommt und wann net... hoffe ihr könnt mir helfen
"used to"
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Cliff
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$pidermonkey
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unix
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Cliff
Hi $pidermonkey,
I do not agree with your answer. First, you use the wrong grammatical term for 'used'. It's not an adjective. In fact, it is a past participle and, thus, part of the verb phrase formed with the auxiliary be.
Second, both terms have completely different meanings, that is to say, they're not interchangeable.
to be used to doing something -> gewohnt sein etw. zu tun
I used to do something -> etwas immer / früher getan haben
btw.: used to + infinitive is a semi-modal
I do not agree with your answer. First, you use the wrong grammatical term for 'used'. It's not an adjective. In fact, it is a past participle and, thus, part of the verb phrase formed with the auxiliary be.
Second, both terms have completely different meanings, that is to say, they're not interchangeable.
to be used to doing something -> gewohnt sein etw. zu tun
I used to do something -> etwas immer / früher getan haben
btw.: used to + infinitive is a semi-modal
Zuletzt geändert von Cliff am 15. Jul 2005 23:12, insgesamt 2-mal geändert.
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Cliff
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unix