On 08/16/2011 07:33 PM, John Gordon wrote:
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.
I'd tweak the meaning to be something like "I did X regularly in
the past and I no longer do it regularly". E.g. "I used to drink
a lot of cranberry juice"[*] connotes that I drank it regularly,
but no longer drink it regularly, even though I might still drink
it occasionally. But on the whole, I side with John far more
than I side with RR on the issue.
-tkc
[*] seriously, in college I managed to put away over a gal/day.
Ah, to be young again and have an unlimited cafeteria food-plan.
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