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Saturday July 31st 2010

Grammar – Common Mistakes in English – USED TO, part 2

This vedio lesson is very useful to understand “used to”, “be used to”, “get used to”.  If you have not yet studied the ‘Used to, part 1′ section, Go to the part 1 first.

‘Get used to’ express that someone becomes familiar or comfortable with a situation or activity.
‘Be used to’ = alreay comfortable or familiar.

I quickly got used to an electronic keyboard. = It was strange at first to play on an electronic keyboard, but I quickly became comfortable with it.

Example
He used to drive a stick shift.
He had to get used to driving an automatic.

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