Used to

[pne]

What spelling do you use in the following sentences?

NB For the purposes of grammar, please answer with what you would say (i.e. I'm looking for best written approximation of spoken English, not "standard written English" answers).

Also, I see that the "When it started out" sentence is not a good example; please disregard the exact wording and choose what you would use for the negative of "used to". (Can anyone suggest a good example? "When we were kids, we didn't used to have this sort of thing", perhaps? I can't think of a good example off the top of my head.)

And in general, I'm not asking whether you'd use the exact wording in a given sentence, but trying to elicit which form of "used to" you'd use in a given situation.

[Poll #430362]

Comments

[pne.livejournal.com]

I'd never say that

Which is beside the point, though you probably realised that. (I'm looking at the "used to" bit.)

My pronounciation of 'used to' would be different here to the previous two sentences more 'use-d' than 'yust'

*nods* Bit of a red herring I put in :)

I'd never ever say this sentence:-)

Yah, it's not that great. I couldn't come up with anything better off-hand.

Pity you can't change poll entries' wordings.

[bopeepsheep.livejournal.com]

Collins Gem on English Grammar gives the example: I used not to like yoghurt but I enjoy it now. Which is not significantly better than your example TBH. ;-)

[pne.livejournal.com]

Ah! Thanks.

Again, pity that you can't change poll options, and I don't really want to scrap it and start over.