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rantingrick <rantingr...@gmail.com> writes:
> > "wore" means you have worn them in the past.
> >
> > "used to wear" means you have worn them in the past AND don't intend
> > to do so again.
> Actually that assertion is wrong.
> No one can predict the future. Not even YOU can predict whether or not
Of course -- that's why the word "intend" was part of my answer. Did you
overlook that crucial word?
I stand by my assertion that the phrase "I used to do X" carries the
meaning that you have done X in the past but DO NOT INTEND to do so
in the future.
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gor...@panix.com B is for Basil, assaulted by bears
-- Edward Gorey, "The Gashlycrumb Tinies"
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