#used_to

English markers of habitual aspect

The habitual aspect is a form of expression connoting repetition or continuous existence of a state of affairs. In standard English, for present reference there is no special grammatical marker of habitual aspect; the simple present is used, as in I go there. However, for past reference English uses the simple past form or either of two marked constructions: used to as in we used to go there , and would as in back then we would go there .

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