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"I use to", or "I used to" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
As reported by the NOAD in a note about the usage of used: There is sometimes confusion over whether to use the form used to or use to, which has arisen largely because the pronunciation is the same in both cases. Except in negatives and questions, the correct form is used to: we used to go to the movies all the time (not we use to go to the ...

"Used to" or "used for"? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
This is only half-right. While used for is restricted to instruments or tools, used to can be used with both senses. Taking a few of your examples: The button is used to open the dialog. The button is used for opening the dialog. Both of these are perfectly fine and mean the same thing. The button is used to opening the dialog.

orthography - When are 'tion', 'sion', and 'cion' used - English ...
Here are the main guidelines to choose the right suffix among -sion, -tion, and -cion. The first two are the more common while -cion is actually quite rare.

grammaticality - "Is used" vs. "has been used" vs. "was used" - English ...
It is used as the symbol of Paris and of France for over a century. It was used as the symbol of Paris and of France for over a century. It has been used as the symbol of Paris and of France for over a century.

"Compared with" vs "Compared to"—which is used when?
When Compare is used in the past participle form to introduce a Subordinate clause, With is more common in British English and To is more common in American English. So, American English: "Compared to my house, yours is huge" "Your hair is silky compared to mine" British English: "Compared with my house,yours is huge"

What is the difference between "used to" and "I was used to"?
The sequence of words used to can occur in many kinds of sentence; in a passive sentence, for instance. A shovel is used to dig holes with. (note that this occurrence of used to is pronounced with a /z/: /'yuztə/) the sequence used to is not a constituent, just two words stuck together.

Height and Weight — How to write them when abbreviations are not used
Either the Words Into Type approach or the Chicago approach, if consistently used, should achieve the primary goal of any such system of punctuation, which is to convey the relevant measurements clearly while posing a negligible distraction to readers.

The difference between "I used to" and "I'm used to" [closed]
I am used to something: "I am used to drinking green tea." "I am used to drinking green tea" means that at first, drinking green tea was strange and unusual, but now it has become familiar. To be used to describes an action that was, perhaps, difficult and is now easy. "I am accustomed to green tea" has the same meaning.

'With' vs 'by' - where to use these two preposition in an English ...
I am confused with use of word with or by in a sentence. For example, if I say: The letter was written with ball pen. this is correct. And if in another sentence I say: The letter was

Simple Past vs. Present Perfect: "was" vs. "has been"
The Have P.P. is used to talk about new information or more recent things, versus the Past Simple which only talks about the Past. The message has been sent. vs. The message was sent. She has gone out. vs. She went out. It has been towed. vs. It was towed. A: Please remind Mrs. Jones of our appointment this afternoon. B: I've sent the message.

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