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use, used, used to
As a verb, use means "to put into service," "to make use of: "He will use my car today." The principal parts of use are use, used, used: "He used my car yesterday." "He has used my car for a week." When did is added to the verb phrase, however, the word should be use: "He did not use to borrow my car." When used is combined with any form of the verb be, it is followed by a verb form ending in -ing: "He was used to borrowing my car." When one wishes to express habitual action or everyday occurrence, used may correctly appear in a statement such as "He used to borrow only gasoline." Such expressions as "used to could" and "used to would" are dialectal and illiterate.

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