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English is not my first language, and even though I used not to make these kind of homophone mistakes, I started making them once I became fluent.
by pygy_ 5y ago
English is not my first language, and even though I used not to make these kind of homophone mistakes, I started making them once I became fluent.
- tempestn 5y agoTangentially but on topic, you have me questioning whether "used not to" is grammatically correct in English. I would say, "I used to not make these kinds of homophone mistakes," and the other phrasing definitely sounds wrong to me, but I'm not 100% confident it is.
- pygy_ 5y agoI stumbled on it, but didn't bother checking :-) It appears that "used not to" is not common. "Never used to", or "didn't use to" would have been better.