Are you / Did you used to studying every day?
Monday March 23, 2009
The verb 'use' is used (ha ha) in many different ways! This guide to the uses of 'use' should help you understand whether you are getting used to this verb.
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Hi Ken,
I enjoy your site and make use of it with my students here in Venezuela. A comment on headline for this topic: “Are you / Did you used to studying every day?” The part that starts with “did you” is a bit misleading because the rest of the sentence is not correct English. Just wouldn’t want someone to think that this is a correct construction.
I like your website and i am learning many things about English language,your website is useful and advantages ,,everyone must learn English language because it is important for all ,Today world is develop and process ,,everyone need speak and learn English ,,please,,i want learn how to write application for offer job ,,please learn me it …I have problem about prounciation and conversation ,,please help me ,,i want become better in Engkish and i want speak English with fluent and perfect..
I’ve been using this site for a long time now and it has helped me enormously with my ESL students, thank you very much Ken!
I also agree with Paul about the heading for this topic – ‘did you used to learn …’ just doesn’t make sense at all I’m afraid – It wasn’t until I read the opening paragraph that I realised what the topic was about (I’m certainly going to use it!)
Thanks for the feedback. I intended the title as a short quiz question, but I admit it is confusing! I’ll make sure to do this sort of thing in a different place in the future.
You can find help with business writing and other job application tasks here.
Hi Ken, thanks so much for evrithing you have done for us. It has really been so hepful that I am worthless to appraise your commitment. I would like to ask you a question, when sould I say “me too” and when “so do I”?
Hi, Ken i always used this web site as my source of info about learning english. It is very convenience and help me a lot. Thanks Ken.
I love this site because it helps lots of people with English.
We learn a lot.
I wanted to make a question.
DId you used …(or)
Did you use…
I got confused.
All the best for the developers of the site.
Hi,ken i thank you very much for your help i didn’t comment for you before because i speake very lettle english but now i’m improved writing,reading and speaking better so i would like to say thank you much again keep it up your help.
It’s a wrong example. It’s embarrasing, Kenneth. Please would you be more careful in giving an example? Never Did you used to…but Did you use to or Used you to….?
Thank you very much Ken for this website which has been a good source of learning more and more English language as a segund language.
My native language is Afrikans but in last couple of weeks, I’ve improved alot. Heads off to you mate! One more thing, Is there any place on your site to take an over all english test so one could understand his/her level?
Shahid, Johannesburg
@Shahid: It’s “hats off to you” or you would be decapitating our dear Ken as the Queen in Alice in Wonderland (”Off with his head”).
Hi,
I have a business English test that gives an overall level impression. Thanks for the kind words about the site!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS.I’VE ALWAYS LOOKED FOR LIVELY WAYS TO TEACH THE LANGUAGE AND NOW YOU’VE GIVEN ME AN EXAMPLE.THANKS ONCE MORE.
Hi, Kenneth
I thank you very much for your website, I was learning English every day in this site and I improve yours English skills very well.
One thing is “I used to… (in the past) or I use to (in the present). You can ask for example: “Are you used to getting up at 5 am every day?
(notice the auxiliary ‘are’ -present- and ‘to use’ has to be always in the form ‘used’) Or you can ask Did you use to get up very early? (If the auxiliary ‘did’ is there you are talking about the past, and ‘use’ is the verb in a simple form). Interesting comment and excellent site Ken.
Thank you very much for giving me this opportunity to learn every day a word from your site.
I am very pleased to infrom you that, before when I watch English News or Movies, I can’t understand. After following your guidence in english, I am able to understanding. This is gift to my life.
Ken I thank u very much for yuor helpful site and your time
thanks so much for helping me..
your website helps me a lot…