Used to | Be used to | Get Used To | Usually | Would Usually | The Differences Explained

A detailed but easy to understand explanation of the differences in meaning and grammatical structure between these confusing words. We'll give lots of examples so you'll never be confused again.
0:00 The confusion
1:55 Usually
3:33 Would usually
4:26 Used to
8:24 To be used to
11:40 Get used to
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They are commonly confused. I'm glad you found it useful

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🇬🇧 If you omit the word “usually”, it means you ate ice-cream EVERY DAY. If you include the word “usually”, it means you ate ice-cream most days, but not every day.

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Thanks for your message. I'm happy the videos have helped. It inspires me to carry on. Other people have suggested I do shorts. I'm still thinking about it. I wish I could return to Las Palmas. On verra j'ai plein de choses à faire ici pour l'instant.

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I couldn't help watching your old video about used to/be used to/get used to and I enjoyed it a lot😁😁😁

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I used to use used to in place of usually, but now I m getting used to saying it correctly. thx for the video :)

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Before watching this video I would use WOULD only in conditional sentences. But now I am used to using WOULD as a past, too.

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Very good. Some concepts I've been trying to burn in my mind for years with your videos turn to be really easy. As for putting "it" after to (like in to get used to and other expressions) I follow this rule: if you can put after "to" a direct object, that means the verb will have the -ing form. Otherwise, it must be put in the infinitive form. Is that correct?

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[@timotheelegrincheux2204]

I believe that the source of the confusion about the spelling of "used to" and "use to" is that they are pronounced exactly the same. The D of "used to" is pronounced as a T sound because of what is called regressive assimilation. The T sound of TO causes the D of USED to become a T sound. When an unvoiced (no vibration of the vocal cords) consonant is preceded by a voiced consonant the voiced consonant becomes unvoiced.

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Hi Gideon, what about ‘usually’ (all adverbs of frequency) with the past simple tense? Love your videos. Thanks, Grasiela

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[@blackydouson]

10:59 so, if I want to apply "to be used to" in such sentence there should be some mention that some time ago, for example, I used to drink tea in the morning. Is it correct?

[@MizterB]

10:03 For those that are interested, this type of omission is known as anaphora (See also: Metaplasm, Elision, Syncope, Apheresis//Procope & Epenthesis//Paragoge, Anaptyxis//Svarabhakti, Excrescence//Vyanjanabhakti) www.lexico.com/en/definition/anaphora en.wiktionary.org/wiki/anaphora#English

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I used to be confused to use “use to” correctly but thanks to your video I’m getting used to use that rightly 😀💐

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🇬🇧You mean: “I used to be confused ABOUT HOW to use “useD to” correctly but, thanks to your video, I’m getting used to usING it.”

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Nice one, a proper useful lesson. May I just ask you one question I have been wondering about. How do we say when one is not used to doing something now but they were used to doing it in the past. I used to live in Bulgaria and apparently I used to drive on the right lane. Now I am used to driving on the left lane, because I currently live in the UK. However, I have lost that ability to drive on the right lane. So, do we just say in this case, I am not used to driving on the right lane anymore or there is other way to say it. Thank you in advance.

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You could say. 'I'm no longer used to driving on the right.' Thanks for your comment.

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Hiiiiii Gideon, welcome again. I wonder if "be used to" means "custom" or something. Can I say " customed" instead? Very nice to see you again. Thanks for video my dear teacher.

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'to be accustomed to' has a similar meaning though it rare to say it like that.

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[@arturcostasteiner9735]

Thank you for the lesson, Gideon. Can we say become used to something? Is this correct? Is it correct to say you got used to not doing something? For example, I used to eat a lot of chocolate every day, but for medical reasons I had to get used to not eating it at all. In negative sentences, what's the best position of usually? I usually don't drive at night I don't usually drive at night. Usually, I don't drive at night. Thank you.

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Yes, you can replace 'get' with 'become'. I was going to mention it in the video but it's not so common these days. you have flexibility with usually but the most common would be 'I don't usually drive...'

[@MATSTHEPROF]

Hi Gideon. Is it possible to use "usually" in the negative form? I don't usually go to the gym in the morning.

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Yes, absolutely

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Hi, Gideon, how are you doing? When you were in Las Palmas, did you use to speak Spanish every day?. And, thanks to your lessons, I'm getting used to thinking and writing in English. I usually save these videos as a treasure. They are absolutely monsterful (As you well know, this is an old English word that means "amazing and extraordinary").

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Yes, todos los días. Nice word 'monsterful' I must confess I didn't know it.

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@@LetThemTalkTVI just checked I was making the same grammar mistake that you told us about in the lesson. My apologies and thank you for pretending not to notice. Next month they will operate on me and I acknowledge I'm somewhat absent.

[@asean1855]

I didn't use to like books but I do now. There are a pile of books in my house now. I've never imagined.

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I should rewrite the last sentence . It should be " I'd never imagined. " , I think.

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🇬🇧 There IS a pile of books. Not “are” a pile of books. The word “pile” is singular, not plural.

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I appreciate your straightforwardness.

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I wonder if the Australia and Austria part was deliberate. According to the Seeseepee, Winnie the Pooh is indeed Him, as affirmative as Guacamole equals Wasabi. Cheers!

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Hi Gideon, thank you for the fantastic video. I’m getting used to using get used to :) The Teespring link doesn’t work in the description :( I’m waiting for your next video and podcast

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Many thanks. sorry about the link. This one seems to work teespring.com/stores/my-store-10219664

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I get used to listening music and radio shows during lockdown in London.

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Very nice lesson. As usual, I enjoyed it. 'I used to confuse them.'😅

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Confusion no more. Glad you enjoyed it.

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Thank you for this lesson. i have a question, is it right to say : when I was a child I would usually be (get) ill ? I am questionning because it is not really an action but just a fact !

[@Woodman-Spare-that-tree]

🇬🇧 Yes, if you were often ill.

[@maiter6317]

Hi! We cannot use ' would' with state verbs, can we? I used to be happy when I was younger is fine but I would be happy when I was younger is wrong, according to what I've studied. Thanks in advance! 🌷

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Great Video, Thank you so much! I think the country names are wrongly assigned to its geography at the beginning :(

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Only thing missing is: "got used to" I guess. Excellent video!

[@Woodman-Spare-that-tree]

🇬🇧 That would be considered very poor English in England. It is something English people say, but only out of laziness or ignorance. The correct phrase would be, “I became used to …”

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Nice hat! Just one minor correction. The animal native to Austria is the Wolpertinger usually called Raurackl by natives. ;-þ

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While I'm at it. The other videos that is. Grab a pencil sharpener to make your chopsticks a little pointier and make use of a technique called Sashi-bashi.

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I just Googled Wolpertinger. Now I know what it is though I doubt I will ever see one.

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I told you not to watch the video. You disobeyed me.

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@@LetThemTalkTV, don't be mad at me. It's all due to bad childhood experience. Boiling down to, never trust a teacher. Thus, asking me to not do something will always have the same result. I'll be like ... Trust me, I'm an engineer, put my safety goggles on and give it a try. btw. Luckily you haven't looked Sashi-bashi up. 🤣

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[@GizmoFromPizmo]

Teacher, please help me understand why. I know that it is not proper to use the past tense of a verb when used in the "to be" sense (be, am, is, are, was , were, have been, had been, have been) But I don't know why. I often hear people say things like: ▪ I have ran to the store already ▪ I should have went ▪ By the time I had came to the party, it was over ▪ I should have drove to my friends house I know that these verbs of being should be (respectively) run, gone and come but I don't know why. It drives me crazy to hear people use these verbs incorrectly but they do it all the time.

[@LetThemTalkTV]

The examples you give are not correct. I don't know where you heard them.

[@paulf8517]

Thanks a lot. Always fabulous job👍. But I don’t understand one issue. If I didn’t use to drink coffee because I didn’t like it but now I need one in the morning to pump my blood pressure up. So “ I’m used to drinking coffee in the morning”. Is it still mistake?

[@LetThemTalkTV]

In that case, yes, it's absolutely correct. I just wanted to say that don't use "I'm used to " if you're simply talking about your habits.

[@paulf8517]

@@LetThemTalkTV Thanks for your answer

[@RaduB.]

As a child I didn't use to like rice but, when I found out that it was a staple food in some parts of the world, I decided to give it a try out of respect for those poor people. Eventually I got used to it and now I use to have rice every weekend.

[@gerrylawson2372]

Yes, but ´I use to have rice every weekend¨ is a present habit .. so use ´I usually have it every weekend¨.

[@RaduB.]

@@gerrylawson2372 Right. I stand corrected. Thanks!

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I learned something.

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Gideon, let’s hope that President Xi never sees your video, or else you’d be in trouble. Nevertheless that Winnie the Pooh reference put a smile to my face.

[@LetThemTalkTV]

It's funny. Not original though. I saw other comments about it. I'll be careful if I go to Beijing.

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Nothing inappropriate has Gideon said. It would not have been so even if that would have been words of outspoken decently expressed critic because then it would have been a vision of a free humane. In regards to this particular case, it states nothing but what it states: Chinese president is meant to have nothing in common with Winnie-the-Pooh and should he had shared the similar traits with Winnie he could not have been a president or other politician. So, Gideon's statement can be understood only as a veracious statement, nothing else. Logically, speculations indicate that those, speculators, do feel uncomfortable themselves about the matter😉

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hi, great classes! thanks ; you say you speak cockney accent but how come you don't sound like eastender's actors who also speak cockney ? i thought there was solely one cockney accent; apparently there's several ; how many ? i can't find videos of other cockney teachers when i search on youtube; i would like to study cockney accents; you do not stuff down animals; that's great !! but please become vegan! because they're so cruel to lovley animal children for eggs and milk ; i live in france too; i was born there ; how many languages do you speak ? you speak german, spanish, french, japanese and english ? you 're evidently so clever! lucky you !! it's nice to study languages and be able to speak many languages; i'm currently studying german, italian, spanish from spain , and british english with your videos ; that's fun !

[@1415161]

Did you compare guacamole with mashed peas? How dare you ? 😂 😂

[@yangqin2970]

Sir, i need your help. My memory is getting from bad to worse. I have been thinking hard of a word which has the meaning of THIN. A ( THIN - synonym ) of light is visible when the door is slightly open. My qestion : I was wondering if you could think of a word which has a similar meaning of THIN. A (what) of light when the door is slightly open Your help is highly appreciated. Thanks. From Malaysia.

[@Woodman-Spare-that-tree]

🇬🇧. “Chink” is the word you are looking for.

[@sayutinasri]

I used to skip your youtube notification before 🤗

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Not any more. Good to hear.

[@mohammedelfarra3900]

👍🍸

[@randizimo]

I can't get used to the map of Australia, having the word "Austria" written on it... 0:25

[@mariacebrecos303]

Errare humanum est.

[@kiraoshiro6157]

My grandfather died a few years back. Will you be my new grandfather?

[@pratikshitvajpayee973]

Getting used to of something takes efforts. Is 'of' at the right place or used correctly in the sentence?

[@kathyr.1141]

"Getting used to something takes effort." You do not need (should not put) the word "of" in that sentence. And I would say that usually, the word "effort" should be in the singular, not plural. If you want to imply that is is very difficult, you could say, "Getting used to something takes a lot of effort."

[@pratikshitvajpayee973]

@@kathyr.1141 Thank you for helping me understand. I really appreciate it.

[@hadihassanattari1595]

I am getting used to keeping distance when I get myself engaged with colleagues.i did not use to it. I am gregarious type of person. thanks

[@magomedmighty9711]

Good

[@LetThemTalkTV]

OK, thanks