When is the used

Did he use to study French? She didn't use to like chocolate, but she does now. I didn't use to want to have a nice house. With this 'used to' there is no verb 'be'.

So, we can say: When I was a student, we would often have a drink after class on a Friday. When I lived in Italy, we would go to a little restaurant near our house. I would live in Scotland. My little daughter is used to eating lunch at noon. So she was grumpy yesterday when we didn't eat until one.

Note that we make the negative or the question with the verb 'be' in the normal way. The 'used to' doesn't change: Lucy isn't used to staying up late, so she's very tired today. Are your children used to walking a lot? Count nouns - refers to items that can be counted and are either singular or plural.

Non-count nouns - refers to items that are not counted and are always singular. For the purposes of understanding how articles are used, it is important to know that nouns can be either count can be counted or noncount indefinite in quantity and cannot be counted. In addition, count nouns are either singular one or plural more than one. Noncount nouns are always in singular form. For example, if we are speaking of water that has been spilled on the table, there can be one drop singular or two or more drops plural of water on the table.

The word drop in this example is a count noun because we can count the number of drops. Therefore, according to the rules applying to count nouns, the word drop would use the articles a or the. However, if we are speaking of water in general spilled on the table, it would not be appropriate to count one water or two waters -- there would simply be water on the table.

Water is a noncount noun. Therefore, according to the rules applying to noncount nouns, the word water would use no article or the , but not a. Following are the three specific rules which explain the use of definite and indefinite articles. Rule 1 - Specific identity not known : Use the indefinite article a or an only with a singular count noun whose specific identity is not known to the reader. Use a before nouns that begin with a consonant sound, and use an before nouns that begin with a vowel sound.

I think an animal is in the garage That man is a scoundrel. We are looking for an apartment. Rule 2 - Specific identity known : Use the definite article the with any noun whether singular or plural, count or noncount when the specific identity of the noun is known to the reader, as in the following situations:. I ate an apple yesterday. The apple was juicy and delicious.

The boy sitting next to me raised his hand. Thank you for the advice you gave me. Rule 3 - All things or things in general : Use no article with plural count nouns or any noncount nouns used to mean all or in general. Areas of Study. Programs Accounting.

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