On 2009/02/05 14:06, Hannah Schroeter wrote: > Hi! > > On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 04:37:35AM -0700, Stuart Henderson wrote: > >CVSROOT: /cvs > >Module name: www > >Changes by: st...@cvs.openbsd.org 2009/02/05 04:37:35 > > >Modified files: > > faq : faq8.html > > >Log message: > >"why does...run on Solaris" -> "why did...used to run on Solaris" in the > >section index, as was already done in the section header and index.html. > > Shouldn't it be "did ... use" without double use of past tense? > See e.g. the example in http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/use[2] > "intransitive verb 1 [...] <didn't use to smoke>".
The "didn't use to smoke" example they give doesn't seem correct to me (as a native UK english speaker).
