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Curious as a native English speaker you parsed that sentence. It is awkward, but I did not think it is actually incorrect. Is it?
by TedDoesntTalk 5y ago
Curious as a native English speaker you parsed that sentence. It is awkward, but I did not think it is actually incorrect. Is it?
- wyldfire 5y agoCorrectness is subjective. I didn't have trouble understanding it but it is not idiomatic.
- bckr 5y agoCould mean "I used to have a product that I demonstrated in a Show HN (which product I later sold)".
- system2 5y agoFrom what I read, it means exactly that. Interesting pick.
- bencollier49 5y agoWell I always thought that a "Show HN" was a discrete event. So 'used to have' doesn't make sense to me unless there was something about it which was enduring. Like bckr says below, if a "Show HN" is a product class, then the statement makes sense. Obligatory net search: 'Used to is a phrase that can mean “accustomed or habituated to” or refers to something from the past that is no longer true.'