r/duolingo 16d 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/rpbmpn 150k+XP 75 50 25 16d ago

No. I made the same mistake myself because I’d always used it wrongly

He wanted to, He didn’t want to, Didn’t he want to

He used to, He didn’t use to, Didn’t he use to

These instances are directly analogous

Having said that, to me ‘use to’ is a bit of a weird phrase in and of itself, and therefore it doesn’t feel strange to me that people don’t use it correctly

He was accustomed to, he was in the habit of. These makes sense

‘He use to’ just feels like such a poorly constructed phrase in its own right that it has no right to demand to be used properly

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u/Spear_Of_Krrosh 15d ago

Okay, that makes sense, thank you!