published May 27, 2014 - updated March 5, 2024 
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AI Essay Writer AI Detector Plagchecker Paraphraser
Summarizer Citation Generator
AI Essay Writer AI Detector Plagchecker Paraphraser Summarizer Citation Generator
What is It?
It deals with the verbs used to or would, or the simple past tense of a verb (I saw, you called).
When to Use?
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Cases |
Examples |
| * Describe a situation that was in the past, but no longer exists. | 1. We used to have a big fluffy dog who would lick us top to bottom, but then it got sick and soon died.
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| *Show how an event happened repeatedly or continuously. | 1. We would buy caramel candies and root beer every Friday.
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Important Extra: Time-Specific
There is a different type of past habitual tense called time-specific past habitual. It uses the word before.
Examples:
- Before becoming a master-level chess player, I studied over 30 books on chess.
- Before we married, we dated for 60 years.
If you are struggling to incorporate Past Habitual tense into your writing tasks, you can use rewording generator tools to help you do that quickly and efficiently.
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