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How does "used to" make any sense? Example: "I used to live there"
This is something we say so often but thinking about past tense of "used", as in employing something, and then adding "to", and it not meaning anything about use but just a past tense of "doing" I guess. It just seems very odd
Edit: Update 3 hours later: Very odd that there is 22 comments of very helpful and insightful comments that answered this for me, that themselves have plenty of upvotes, yet this post has been downvoted to 0. Very confused where that is coming from considering the positively and help everyone offered. Thank you to all that commented, you explained well and helped me understand
u/Appex92 — 11 days ago