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Help! I need somebody! (to make this clear to me..)



tancredo
Portugal

Help! I need somebody! (to make this clear to me..)
 
Help me, please!

Which of the following sentences is correct? If none, how would you say it?

 - Used there to be a restaurant, here?Approve
 - Did it use to be a restaurant here?Stern Smile
 - Did it use to there be a restaurant here?Pinch

In serious trouble,

Yours

Leonor

Could you please PM me?

Thank you so much.

31 Jan 2012      





zoemorosini
United States

Did there use to be a restaurant here?

Yes, there used to be a restaurant here.

I will also PM you.

31 Jan 2012     



libertybelle
United States


None of them are correct.

Didn �t there use to be a restaurant here?
or
did there use to be a restaurant here?

Wasn �t there a restaurant here at one time?

31 Jan 2012     



tancredo
Portugal

Thank you, Libertybelle!
I �ve been blocked all day with this question.

Leonor

31 Jan 2012     



Pretty3
Saudi Arabia

sorry but what does " Did there use to be a restaurant here?" mean ???
It means : " Wasn �t there a restaurant here at one time?"
Thanks

31 Jan 2012     



manuelanunes3
Portugal

 
 
"wasn �t there a restautant here before?"  seems correct to me.

31 Jan 2012     



cindyfreksen
Denmark

For an explaination of Use to /used to see this link

http://www.5minuteenglish.com/mar20.htm

31 Jan 2012