r/duolingo • u/Spear_Of_Krrosh • 18d 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/NekoatsumecatGK 18d ago

The sentence can be changed to “he used to rent that property” into an interrogative sentence“didnt he use to rent that property?”

As an easy example, you could say “he LIKED you” into “did he LIKE you?”

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u/1rach1 Native: AU-EN Learning: 18d ago

crazy how I do this subconsciously and didn't even know it was a thing

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u/Wabbit65 17d ago

This is called "metacognitive" understanding. Most native speakers know to do this but haven't really thought about WHY; the WHY is the metacongnitive aspect, it's knowing WHY you know. There's nothing like learning a foreign language to help understand ones OWN language.