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did you use to vs Did you used to

The correct phrase is 'did you use to.' The verb 'use' in this context should be in its base form 'use' after 'did.' 'Used' is the past participle form of 'use' and cannot be used in this structure.

Last updated: March 19, 2024 • 3093 views

did you use to

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to ask about past habits or actions that were common or frequent in the past.
  • Did you “use to” or “used to”?? 26 July 2013 Jordan 3 Comments. One strength of the English language its flexibility. We have lots of ways of rewording things. For example, we can use simple past tense (I went to the store), or we can use a ...
  • Sep 17, 2009 ... Strictly speaking, I'm afraid that is not correct. Despite the fact that some people do use it that way. You cannot have both and auxiliary and an -ed marker in the same phrase. "Did you use to go to that place? " would be better.
  • What sort of things did you use to like when you were young? . In the negative you cannot use would without a change in meaning. I didn't use to play with my dolls. If I said I wouldn't play with my dolls. It would mean I refused to play with my  ...
  • Aug 11, 2015 ... I would normally go by bus. ? Did you use to ride a bike to school when you were a child? Some more examples. What did you use to do after school when you were a kid? Where did you use to go on vacation with your ...

Did you used to

This phrase is incorrect in English. The verb 'use' should be in its base form 'use' after 'did.'

  • Jul 26, 2013 ... “Did you used to visit often?” While “use to” often looks wrong in this context because the simple form is correctly “used to,” I'm of the opinion that you shouldn' t have two tense markers in the same verb. Just like you wouldn't ...
  • Sep 17, 2009 ... ... correct to ask: DID YOU USED TO DO THAT EVERY DAY??? Even though It's not gramatically correct to use the auxiliar "did" with a past form when asking... the forms: Did you used to..., did he used to..., did I used to... etc.
  • Aug 3, 2007 ... (This elision doesn't help matters, since "did you use to" and "did you used to" would then be pronounced the same.) The argument was apparently that allowing "did used to" would be a strange inconsistency. After all, no ...
  • Mar 16, 2011 ... does not mean the same thing as "What did you used to do?". With "used to" (or use to) it refers to an action that occurred more than once in the past but no longer occurs. – Mr. Shiny and New 安宇 Mar 16 '11 at 15:26 ...

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