And Chess

Originally posted by stocken
used 😛

No, that would mean something different.

Originally posted by Phlabibit
And chess, that's all I ask of you.
And chess, what do I have to do
To hear back from you?

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"And chess - oh!"

Originally posted by Nordlys
No, that would mean something different.

uset?

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Originally posted by Phlabibit
uset?

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Whad?

Originally posted by Nordlys
No, that would mean something different.

"I use to walk up to people" 😕

I don't get it. 😞

Originally posted by stocken
"I use to walk up to people" 😕

I don't get it. 😞

Hm, I looked it up, and it seems you are right that this expression can't be used in the present tense. How inconvenient. 😉 According to my dictionary, I should have said "I am in the habit of walking up ..." or "I usually walk up ...". Thanks for teaching me something new. 🙂

Originally posted by Nordlys
I should have said "I am in the habit of walking up ..." or "I usually walk up ...". Thanks for teaching me something new. 🙂

That's not the same as "I used to..." 😕

Originally posted by Nordlys
Hm, I looked it up, and it seems you are right that this expression can't be used in the present tense. How inconvenient. 😉 According to my dictionary, I should have said "I am in the habit of walking up ..." or "I usually walk up ...". Thanks for teaching me something new. 🙂

😏

Thanks for giving me the opportunity to teach someone something new. I
rarely get the honour. 😉

Originally posted by darvlay
That's not the same as "I used to..." 😕

It's the same word (present tense and past tense) in German. What's the difference? I thought that "I used to walk up to people ..." means that I had the habit to do that, but don't anymore. If it doesn't mean that, what does it mean?

Originally posted by Nordlys
It's the same word (present tense and past tense) in German.

What about learned and learnt? Is learnt even a word?
😕😕😕😕

Originally posted by mokko
What about learned and learnt? Is learnt even a word?
😕😕😕😕

They are both correct, and to my knowledge they mean the same.

Originally posted by Nordlys
It's the same word (present tense and past tense) in German.

"I am used to..." and "I used to..." are two entirely different expressions. Your dictionary is wrong.

Originally posted by Nordlys
They are both correct, and to my knowledge they mean the same.

So they're interchangeable?

Originally posted by Nordlys
It's the same word (present tense and past tense) in German. What's the difference? I thought that "I used to walk up to people ..." means that I had the habit to do that, but don't anymore. If it doesn't mean that, what does it mean?

I used to

or

I often / I always / I used to, and still do.

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