Haf and have

[Laurence Horn]

At 9:55 AM -0800 3/26/03, Peter Richardson wrote:
>...or "used to not" for "didn't use(d) to...

Fine, given that "used to" is a neg-raising operator, unless
(1) you're aiming to transcribe someone (including yourself) who said
the latter, or
(2) you're allergic to split infinitives

larry

>[LH:]
>  > The trickiest thing about "used to" is how to spell its use in
>>  negative sentences (didn't useta):
>>  "didn't use to" and "didn't used to" both seem equally impossible,
>>  although the pronunciation is no problem.
>
>Peter R.