في اللغة الانجليزية- دروس تعليم قواعد النحو الانجليزية لكل من المبتدئين والمتقدمين.This متى نستعمل
في جمل وامثلة باللغة الانجليزية.(Used to) كيف
تستعمل في اللغة الانجليزية
قواعد
النحو لتعليم اللغة الانجليزية-
We
use the verb use in its past tense with an infinitive to indicate a past
condition or habitual practice: We used to live in that house. Because
the -d in used is not pronounced in these constructions, people
sometimes mistakenly leave it out when writing. Thus it is incorrect to write We
use to play tennis. When do occurs with this form of use in
negative statements and in questions, the situation is reversed, and use to
(not used to) is correct: You did not use to play on that team. Didn’t she use to work for
your company?
this
and that. This and that are both
demonstrative pronouns that refer to a thought expressed earlier: The letter
was unopened; that (or this) in itself casts doubt on the
inspector’s theory. That is sometimes viewed as the better choice in
referring to what has gone before (as in the preceding example). When what is
referred to has not yet been mentioned, only this is used: This
(not that) is what bothers me: we have no time to consider late
applications.
this
as informal substitute for a / an. This is
often used in speech and informal writing as an emphatic substitute for the
indefinite article to refer to a specific thing or person: You should talk
to this friend of mine at the Department of Motor Vehicles. I have this
terrible feeling that I forgot to turn off the water. But it’s best to
avoid this substitution in formal writing except when you want to create a
conversational tone.
Ain’t is a word that
ain’t had it easy. It first appeared in English in 1778, evolving from an
earlier form an’t, which arose almost a century earlier as a contraction
of are not and am not. In fact, ain’t seems to have arisen
at the tail end of an era that saw the introduction of a number of our most
common contractions, including don’t and won’t. Ain’t and some of
these other contractions came under criticism in the 1700s for being inelegant
and low-class, even though they had actually been used by upper-class speakers.
But while don’t and won’t eventually became perfectly acceptable
at all levels of speech and writing, ain’t was to receive a barrage of
criticism in the 19th century for having no set sequence of words from which it
can be contracted and for being “a vulgarism,” that is, a term used by the
lower classes. At the same time ain’t’s uses were multiplying to include
is not, has not, and have not. It may be that these extended uses
helped provoke the negative reaction. Whatever the case, the criticism of ain’t
by usage commentators and teachers has not subsided, and the use of ain’t
has come to be regarded as a mark of ignorance. Use it at your peril.
But despite all the attempts to ban it, ain’t
continues to appear in the speech of ordinary folks. Even educated and
upper-class speakers see that ain’t has no substitute in fixed
expressions like Say it ain’t so, You ain’t just whistlin’ Dixie ,
and You ain’t seen nothin’ yet.
ain’t I? The stigmatization of ain’t
leaves us with no happy alternative for use in first-person questions. The
widely used aren’t I?, though illogical, was found acceptable for use in
speech by a majority of the Usage Panel in an early survey, but in writing
there is no alternative to saying am I not?
also beginning a
sentence. Some people maintain that it is wrong to begin a sentence
with also. They are probably in the minority, since there seems no
reason to condemn also and not another conjunctive adverb like nevertheless.
In an earlier survey, 63 percent of the Usage Panel found the usage acceptable
in this example: The warranty covers all power-train components. Also,
participating dealers back their work with a free lifetime service guarantee.
also used ambiguously. Also
shares with only the virtue of modifying the parts of the sentence to
which it is closest, but this can sometimes lead to ambiguity. In the following
examples, the sentence containing also is exactly the same, but in each
example it modifies a different part and creates a different meaning:
also used ambiguously. Also shares with only the
virtue of modifying the parts of the sentence to which it is closest, but this
can sometimes lead to ambiguity. In the following examples, the sentence
containing also is exactly the same, but in each example it modifies a
different part and creates a different meaning:
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