There used to be. How to turn this into a negative sentence?
A) There didn’t use to be
B) There didn't used to be
C) There not used to be
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Answers · 8
3
"There didn't use to be." This is the proper answer.
You need an auxiliary verb which takes both the negative and the tense.
2
A is technically correct. You can also try:
-> There never used to be
-> There used not to be
1
Negation of something that happens usually is quite tricky, as the negation
could mean different things;
Logically I would say:
-- it isn't that there used to be ...
Although it might be quite pedantic.
Or , changing the verb:
-- it didn't usually happen that ...
I will not pick any of (a), (b), (c).
0
Neither of the above. The negation of "There used to be" can be done by adding "never" in front of "used to":
- It never used to be like this.
- He never used to play this song before.
- We never used to go out when we were together.
But if you want to say that you are not used to something else, then just negate the verb "to be":
- I am not used to hearing you yell.
- He isn't used to speaking in front of a group.
- We aren't used to singing this song together.
I hope this helps :)
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