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    Used to refers to habits, actions, and states that occurred in the distant past, such as "I used to watch cartoons when I was a kid." Would also refers to habits and actions that took place in the distant past, like "When I was a child, my parents would take me to the park to play." However, would is not typically used in questions or negative statements, and never is used instead in negative statements describing past habits, such as "We would never play games together as a family when I was growing up." Would is not used to talk about past states, where used to is appropriate instead, like "We used to have a house right next to the park."

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    Used to refers to habits, actions, and states that occurred in the distant past, such as "I used to watch cartoons when I was a kid." Would also refers to habits and actions that took place in the distant past, like "When I was a child, my parents would take me to the park to play." However, would is not typically used in questions or negative statements, and never is used instead in negative statements describing past habits, such as "We would never play games together as a family when I was growing up." Would is not used to talk about past states, where used to is appropriate instead, like "We used to have a house right next to the park."

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    Used To Vs Would

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    Used to refers to habits, actions, and states that occurred in the distant past, such as "I used to watch cartoons when I was a kid." Would also refers to habits and actions that took place in the distant past, like "When I was a child, my parents would take me to the park to play." However, would is not typically used in questions or negative statements, and never is used instead in negative statements describing past habits, such as "We would never play games together as a family when I was growing up." Would is not used to talk about past states, where used to is appropriate instead, like "We used to have a house right next to the park."

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    USED TO

    VS
    WOULD
    D I STA N T PA S T
    Used to
    We use used to to talk about habits, actions and states, particularly
    for the distant past.
    • I used to watch cartoons when I was a kid.
    Would
    • We use would to talk about habits and actions , particularly for the
    distant past.
    • When I was a child, my parents would take me to the park to play.

    • We do not often use would in questions or negatives


    with this meaning. In negative statements we can use would
    never.
    • We would never play games together as a family when I was growing
    up.
    Would
    When we talk about a state, we do not use would.

    We would have a house right next to the park.

    We used to have a house right next to the park.


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