Is this sentence correct?
"I must say I used not to take to Trevor at first but now I count him among my best friend".
I think it's a typical sentence for "used (not) to". Then was like that, now it is like this.
But my friend corrected this sentence to "I must say I didn't take to Trevor...".
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Question

Is this sentence correct?
"I must say I used not to take to Trevor at first but now I count him among my best friend".
I think it's a typical sentence for "used (not) to". Then was like that, now it is like this.
But my friend corrected this sentence to "I must say I didn't take to Trevor...". 
?

Answer

In my opinion it sounds better to say
 "I must say I  was not fond of Trevor at first but now I count him as one of my  best friends"

Or 
"I must say I didn't take to  Trevor at first but now I count him amongst one of  my best friends"

What do others think?

Answer

Your friend is correct. This is because used to means something that happened regularly or over a period. So, we do not really use it for taking to someone as this is not a  long term idea. Here are a couple of grammar blos about used to:

http://askpaulenglish.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/used-to-with-aviation.html
http://askpaulenglish.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/used-to.html

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