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Message board > A mistake in My worksheet.
A mistake in My worksheet.
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Mabdel
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A mistake in My worksheet.
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Dear collegues
Hope you �re doing well. To all those who downloaded my worksheet" used to for past habits" there is a mistake that I didn �t pay ettention to it.
in the negative form " I didn �t use to " instead of " I didn �t used to" . You can correct it in your computers.
And I upload a new one in which I corrected the mistake.
Thanks u all.
( Just for clarification and correcting mistakes not to advertise my worksheet) hope you �ll understand.
have a great day. |
6 Jul 2010
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ueslteacher
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It �s not a mistake."I didn �t used to" is a spoken variant and is considered incorrect by many people. So according to Oxford Advanced Learner �s Dictionary "I didn �t use to" is correct. Sophia |
6 Jul 2010
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libertybelle
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As far as I remember- when your auxiliary verb "do" is in past tense(did) - your main verb - "use" is in present tense.
You wouldn �t say "I didn �t saw him yesterday"
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6 Jul 2010
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ueslteacher
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Yes, libertybelle, I agree, but that was the explanation in the mentioned dictionary. It also had the old-fashioned "I used not to" as with modals. Sophia |
6 Jul 2010
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yanogator
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That "use" after "didn �t" isn �t the present. It �s the bare infinitive.
Bruce |
6 Jul 2010
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aliciapc
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Did + bare infinitive ! I can �t believe a dictionary considers Did + past tense a " spoken variant " , is that so , Sophia ? That �s weird ! |
6 Jul 2010
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ueslteacher
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May be my wording was incorrect, so here I quote: " we usually use the auxiliary verb did to make negatives and questions with the verb used to: I didn �t use to like classical music. Did Jane use to have long hair? These forms are usually spoken and are sometimes spelt did... used to and didn �t used to Many people think theses spellings are incorrect." So, sorry if I confused anybody. But what about phonetics? Don �t you think that didn �t use to sounds like didn �t used to (with the voicing of the "t" in to as we speak)? Sophia |
6 Jul 2010
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