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Diferencia entre used to y would?

Diferencia entre used to y would.

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Usedtoandwouldare both use to describe something that happened regularly in thepast but doesn't happen any longer, as shown in the following two sentences aboutquitting smoking : Iused tosmoke, but I quit last year. Whenever I craved a cigarette, Iwouldchew gum instead.

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Usedtoandwouldare both use to describe something that happened regularly in thepast but doesn't happen any longer, as shown in the following two sentences aboutquitting smoking :

Iused tosmoke, but I quit last year.

Whenever I craved a cigarette, Iwouldchew gum instead.

However, there are two important differences betweenused toandwould.

The firstdifference is thatwouldshould not be used unless it has already been established thatthe time frame is in the past, whileused todoes not require this.