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Discover LudwigThe phrase "did used to" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is commonly used to describe an action that happened regularly in the past but no longer happens in the present. Example: "I did used to go to the park every day, but now I am too busy with work."
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"We did used to run around 1981.
Dilnot, of course, did used to run the IFS.
Yes, I did used to be a schoolteacher.
His records did used to say "reduced by Rick Rubin".
I did used to like my Saturdays clothes-shopping as a teenager, of course I did.
"He did used to play a lot, into the late hours," Mr. Kehoe said.
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Spontaneous or not, I did use to orgasm with Kaplan.
Did she used to do something else?
I didn't used to do that.
"I didn't used to do shows because I used to be so shy.
This didn't used to happen.
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