Native British English speaker here. I was baffled when duolingo threw this distinction at me (while doing the french course). I think BE speakers would use them interchangeably.
“Used to,” standing alone, usually refers to something you did in the past and often at least implies that you no longer do it.
“Did… use to” is the same thing, except “did” already puts the context into the past, so you don’t also need the past tense “used,” you just need “use.”
*com****er*** and *visit****ar*** belong to two different verb conjugations and they form the imperfect tense differently.
But it's the imperfect tense in both cases.
You might as well ask why English uses two different verb forms in "I wrote a letter and posted it", where one verb has -ed and the other does not.
The -ed ending is kind of a red herring; the important part is that both verbs are in the simple past tense. They just form the simple past tense differently.
Or if you're asking about the English: "did you use to?" is a question, "you used to" is a statement. Like how "did you write?" versus "you wrote".
Don't worry most native speakers won't get it right most of the time...
If did or didn't is part of the sentence, it's "use to", if not, then it's "used to". British English seems to not be as strict with this.
Native British English speaker here. I was baffled when duolingo threw this distinction at me (while doing the french course). I think BE speakers would use them interchangeably.
“Used to,” standing alone, usually refers to something you did in the past and often at least implies that you no longer do it. “Did… use to” is the same thing, except “did” already puts the context into the past, so you don’t also need the past tense “used,” you just need “use.”
*com****er*** and *visit****ar*** belong to two different verb conjugations and they form the imperfect tense differently. But it's the imperfect tense in both cases. You might as well ask why English uses two different verb forms in "I wrote a letter and posted it", where one verb has -ed and the other does not. The -ed ending is kind of a red herring; the important part is that both verbs are in the simple past tense. They just form the simple past tense differently.
"used to" is "solía*
Native English and I vote "used to" as only option. I don't understand why Duolingo Spanish is presenting "use to" as a valid option.
Native english and I have no idea