Re: CHAT: return of the long-lost (was: RE: THEORY/USAGE: irregular

Quoting John Cowan <jcowan@...>:

> And Rosta scripsit:
>
> > As for remembering you, used you to meet up with Colin Fine in
> > Bradford?
>
> BTW, this goes on the list of Brit/Am grammatical differences, along
> with "Susan suggested that she play/should play Ophelia" and
> "The Queen are raising their rates".  AmE requires "Did you /just@/?"
> which is spelled "Did you used to" despite the appearance of a doubly
> marked past tense.
Right, it's spelled that way, although it's not clear that it
is, in fact, grammatically a past tense.  It could easily have
been a straightforward case of assimilation since nothing can
intervene between "use" and "to".

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