Are these sentences the same, meaningwise?
I used to work for the city.
It used to be that I woked for the city.
Used to be that I worked for the city.
In a daily conversation, can I use these sentenses in the same way?
Thank you.
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I used to work for the city. = best, most natural, used in normal conversation
It used to be that I worked for the city. = grammatically correct, but overly complicated, not heard that often in normal conversation
Used to be that I worked for the city. = very informal because it is missing the subject "I". You may hear it from time to time, but the first one is by far the most common.
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They're all the same. 'Used to be that I worked for the city' would mostly only be spoken and not written, as sentences normally don't start with 'used'.
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