USED TO
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A. Şu örneğe bakalım.
Dennis 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’ = Geçmişte bir süre sigara içti ama artık içmiyor.
B. ‘Something used to happen’ = Birşey geçmişte düzenli olarak oldu ama artık olmuyor:
* I used to play tennis a lot but I don’t play very often now.
* Diane used to travel a lot. These days she doesn’t go away so often.
* ‘Do you go to the cinema very often?’ ‘Not now, but I used to.’ (= I used to go …)
Ayrıca “used to…” yu eskiden doğru, geçerli olan ama artık olmayan şeyler için de kullanırız:
* This building is now a furniture shop. It used to be a cinema.
* I used to think he was unfriendly but now I realize he’s a very nice person.
* I’ve started drinking coffee recently. I never used to like it before.
* Janet used to have very long hair when she was a child.
C. Normal soru şekli “Did (you) use to …? biçimindedir:
* Did you use to eat a lot of sweets when you were a child?
Olumsuz biçimi “didn’t use to …” şeklindedir:
* I didn’t use to like him.
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