Friday, May 2, 2008

used to / be used to

When I was in "Post-secondary preparatory school " (I don't know if it is the good translation for "prepa" ... ) I learnt what was the difference between this two phrases, but I don't remember anymore...

  • We use the used to do expression to talk about:
    • an activity that we did regularly in the past (like a habit)
    • a situation that was true in the past.
    Example :
    I used to smoke.

  • The be used to expression is for talking about something that is familiar to us or easy for us. For example:
    I am used to driving on the left.
    I'm used to going to Disneyland Paris.

Every : singular or not ???

Well, this part of my rotating five lasted one minute, it was my quickest rotating five ever : A quick search on Google and I found my answer...
"Verbs with each and every are always conjugated in the singular."

Example :
Every Disney character is adorable ! :)


By the way, I also learnt that we say "PEOPLE ARE", this question has haunted me for three years...

Rotating the rotating five

I'm writing my next week's presentation and I found new stuff for my rotating five. Here it is :

  • every = singular or not ??? 3 years I'm questioning myself about this ... and I still haven't any answer
  • be used to/ used to ?
  • also / too