Do you also write things such as "I didn't talked to her". If not why not?
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(Hope Kef doesn't begin moaning again.)
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AE speakers who use "did used to"...
Do you also write things such as "I didn't talked to her". If not why not?
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No, I'd never say "I didn't talked to her".
<< (Hope Kef doesn't begin moaning again.) >> Eh, it wouldn't do any good.
You'd either say "I hadn't talked to her" or "I didn't talk to her", depending upon the time frame you had in mind.
I'm starting to wonder if Divvy is the latest incarnation of M56's multiple personality disorder.
<<No, I'd never say "I didn't talked to her".
<< (Hope Kef doesn't begin moaning again.) >> Eh, it wouldn't do any good.>> Well, this forum is overrun by prescriptivist trolls. I thought the purpose of this forum was to help people learn English to as close as a native level as possible, and not spend time handing out all sorts of prescriptivist proclamations.
<<Well, this forum is overrun by prescriptivist trolls.>>
I'm a human, not a troll.
Yes, "did used to" is as incorrect as "didn't talked" or "didn't knew". It should be "did use to". "use to" and "used to" also aren't actually correctly pronounced the same way. "use to" is pronounced [jus tu] with one [t] sound and "used to" is pronounced [just tu] with two [t] sounds. Pronouncing "used to" like "use to" is sloppy. For some reason, a lot of you guys appear to be [t]-haters.
<Well, this forum is overrun by prescriptivist trolls.>
You seem a bit obsessed with this prescriptive versus descriptive thing. Can you describe those two labels for us? What do you mean when you use the words prescritive and descriptive?
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What do you mean when you use the words prescriptive and descriptive?
''"use to" is pronounced [jus tu] with one [t] sound and "used to" is pronounced [just tu] with two [t] sounds. ''
I never heard it pronounced with two t's.
<<I never heard it pronounced with two t's.>>
You're probably another one of those [t]-haters, who talk about going on the "innernet", shopping "cenners" etc. |