Fondamenti della lingua inglese Laura Cignoni - Paleopatologia

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I rarely went skiing when I was a child.
He smoked 30 cigarettes a day but only drank moderately.
Con riferimento sia ad abitudini che a situazioni passate si può usare used to + infinito
We used to live in the country before we moved to the city centre two years ago.
would + infinito indica un’abitudine nel passato, non situazioni passate.
She would get up early, and take the train to Folkestone.
She would have a cup of herb tea before going to bed when she was at college.
WOULD + INFINITO nel presente è un condizionale!
I would buy that house if I could afford it!
I verbi di stato come have, be, live, like, believe, think, understand e know non sono usati con
would per riferirsi al passato.