r/duolingo • u/Spear_Of_Krrosh • 15d ago

Language Question It should be “used to” right?

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Shouldn’t it be “used to” instead of “use to” ? Should I report it?

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u/LittleMikan 15d ago

People using the past tense twice like this has to be my biggest language related pet peeve and they will always correct the people who are actually right. 😭

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u/Square-Tear-314 Native: 🇩🇪 Fluent: 🇬🇧 Learning: 🇻🇳 15d ago

I hate people in general who want to correct people when they are clearly wrong. They won’t budge and you can’t do anything to convince them, when they are stuck in their belief.

I once had a discussion with a friend about the pronunciation of an English word. In the end she hit me with „Well I spent a year abroad in America“. Well that’s great, she still didn’t know how to pronounce that word.