What's the negation of "I used to be"? Surely not "I didn't used to be"?
What is the negative form of "I used to be"? I often hear "I didn't used to be" but that sounds awfully wrong in my ears.

differences - Didn't used to or didn't use to? - English Language ...
Here is a question that has been nagging me for a few years: Which is the right usage: "Didn't used to" or "didn't use to?" Examples: We lived on the coast for years but we didn't use to go to the

use vs. used what is the correct usage? [duplicate]
I am trying to find out if this question is correct. Did Wang Bo used to be awkward? Should I write "use to be" instead of "used to be," or is "used to be" correct in this sentence?

Can "Mr", "Mrs", etc. be used with a first name?
0 Mr. is most typically used with either the man's last name alone, or last name and selected other parts of the name. But that is for polite society. In everyday use, it is often appended to the front of a simple first name to lend a small air of seriousness or respect to what otherwise would be a casual use of the first name alone.

'I was using', 'I have used', 'I have been using', 'I had used' - what ...
I have used cocaine. I took cocaine at least once sometime in the past. I was using cocaine. In the past, I was a habitual user of cocaine. EDIT: As the comment says, this can also mean a process in the past, e.g. "I was using cocaine when the accident happened" can mean "I was not looking at the road since I was snorting cocaine." I have been using cocaine. Starting some time in the past, and ...

"Compared with" vs "Compared to"—which is used when?
Bryan Garner, Garner's Modern American Usage, fourth edition (2016) provides what I take to be the current (and traditional) formal prescriptivist view among U.S. usage authorities of when to use compered with and when to use compared to: compare with; compare to. The usual phrase has for centuries been compare with, which means "to place side by side, noting differences and similarities ...

Why is "guinea pig" used as the colloquial term for test subjects?
The animals were frequently used as a model organism in the 19th and 20th centuries, resulting in the epithet "guinea pig" for a test subject, but have since been largely replaced by other rodents such as mice and rats.

Should spaces be used between "<" or ">" and numbers or letters?
The AMA Manual of Style says: Thin spaces should be used before and after the following mathematical symbols: ±, =, <, >, ≤, ≥, +, −, ÷, ×, ·, ≈, ∼, ∩, ∫, Π, Σ, and |. a ± b a = b a + b a − b a ÷ b a × b a · b a > b a < b Symbols are set close to numbers, superscripts and subscripts, and parentheses, brackets, and braces. (Highlight mine) However, this is only one ...

Plurals of acronyms, letters, numbers — use an apostrophe or not?
While an apostrophe is used to indicate possession and contractions, it is not generally necessary to use an apostrophe simply to show the plural form of most acronyms, initialisms, or abbreviations, except where clarity and sense demand such inclusion.

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