FOCUS : USED TO AND WOULD
LET'S GET STRAIGHT IN WITH AN EXAMPLE - I USED TO GET UP EARLY IN THE MORNING AND WOULD DRIVE FOR 2 HOURS TO GET TO WORK!
BUT
YOU CAN USE USE AND USED IN FRONT 'TO' IF THE 'TO' IS PART OF THE INFINITIVE OF A VERB - ANOTHER EXAMPLE -
WHAT DID YOU USE TO DIG THE TRENCH?
A PEAT CUTTER'S SPADE WAS USED TO DIG THE TRENCH.
USED + TO
We use 'used to + infinitive' to talk about a past situation that is no longer true. It tells us that there was a repeated action or state in the past which has now changed. HE used TO GO FISHING EVERY SATURDAY BEFORE HE GOT MARRIED.
WOULD AND USED TO OR USE TO
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? WELL, THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT, WHILST USED TO CAN BE USED FOR ACTIONS [DYNAMIC VERBS] AND STATES [STATIVE VERBS] WOULD IS ONLY USED FOR FOR ACTIONS.
OH, AND USE TO IS A PHRASE THAT IS USED TO MEAN ' ACCUSTOMED OR HABITUATED TO - OR - REFERS TO BEHAVIUOR FROM THE PAST THAT IS NO LONGER TRUE
[BY TRUE WE DON'T MEAN THE OPPOSITE OF FALSE - WE MEAN CURRENT] ANYWAY LET'S HAVE A PLAY . . .
