10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «USEN'T»
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usen't in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
An Historical Syntax of the English Language
Need not, dare not, and usen't occur with increasing frequency in Modern English
, despite Eric Partridge's deprecating cri de coeur (1949 English p. 82) : "At all
costs, avoid using need and dare as though they were past tenses; needed and ...
2
A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles: Volume 4. ...
Next, examples of usen't as a preterit: Pinero S 189 my face is covered with little
shadows that usen't to be there | Wilde W 37 Iusen'tto be one of her admirers, butI
am now | Shaw C 11 Usent ittobea lark? | ib 193 I'm blestifI usent to haveto put ...
3
Selected Writings of Otto Jespersen (Routledge Revivals)
47 Usen't we to be taught that it was our duty to love our enemies ? | Benson D.
2.288 Usen't the monks to keep peas in their boots? Ben't seems now extinct
except in dialects (bain't); it was heard in educated society in Swift's time, see P.
105 ...
4
Garner's Modern American Usage
In Irish speech, the formal phrase used not to is sometimes contracted (rather
awkwardly) to usen't to or usedn't to—e.g.: • “Ivy Reading, who worked there for
40 years, said: 'Saturdays we usen't to be able to [read couldn't] stop even for a
cup ...
He «AMU//? g<?fi up early, (2) ^£fg BrE; usen't to /usedn't to;AmE: didn't use to.
BrE: He usedn't to smoke as much as he does now. He usen't to smoke as much
as he does now. He used not to smoke as much as he does now. He never used
...
Edward Morgan Forster. " I usen't to." " Usen't ! " She lowered her eyes a moment
to the black abyss of the past. They had crossed it, always excepting Leonard
and Charles. They were building up a new life, obscure, yet gilded with
tranquillity.
Edward Morgan Forster, 1921
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The Works of EM Forster:
"You'd be odd if you didn't, " said Margaret. "I usen't to." "Usen't!" She lowered her
eyes a moment to the black abyss of the past. They had crossed it, always
excepting Leonard and Charles. They were building up a new life, obscure, yet
gilded ...
Edward Morgan Forster, 1947
"You'd be odd if you didn't," said Margaret. "I usen't to." "Usen't!" She lowered her
eyes a moment to the black abyss of the past. They had crossed it, always
excepting Leonard and Charles. They were building up a new life, obscure, yet
gilded ...
E. M. Forster, Alistair M. Duckworth, 1997
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Collection Of Various Famous Authors Volume 1:
Ilike Henry." "You'd beoddif you didn't," said Margaret. "I usen't to." "Usen't!" She
lowered her eyes a moment to the black abyss of the past. They had crossed it,
always excepting Leonardand Charles. They were building up a new life,
obscure, ...
"I usen't to." "Usen't!" She lowered her eyesa moment to the black abyssofthe past
. They had crossed it, always excepting Leonard and Charles. Theywere building
up a new life, obscure, yet gilded with tranquillity. Leonard was dead;Charles ...
Edward Morgan Forster, 2014
7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «USEN'T»
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usen't is used in the context of the following news items.
Presidents and abbots should laugh at themselves
Higgins certainly usen't to worry about disrespecting American heads of state. In 1984, when President Ronald Reagan was addressing the Oireachtas, Higgins ... «Irish Independent, Jan 15»
1886: The last Christmas Day edition of The Irish Times
... and turnin' to the glitter, I say, youngsters, did you ever see such toys as them in the windows and on the counters? There's a beauty in toys there usen't to be.”. «Irish Times, Dec 14»
Limerick jockey Brian Toomey beats all the odds
I usen't put any effort into it. I was like that in school.” He persevered however, and upped the ante when he went to Oaksey House in Lambourn, a rehabilitation ... «Limerick Leader, Dec 13»
Sonya Kelly Stars in 'I Can See Clearly Now' at 59E59
As Ms. Kelly recalls in “I Can See Clearly Now (The Wheelchair on My Face),” her funny and fetching solo show, “I usen't to be able to see so well.” Given a ... «New York Times, Sep 13»
Capturing cartoonist's magic
... his gaudy Hollywood counterpart – still a bum with mismatching blue checkered coat and red Hawaiian shirt - and asking, “Usen't yoused to live in Brooklyn?”. «The Island Now, Apr 13»
John McManus's The Quare Land
“I usen't even go to plays. I hadn't even listened to a radio play before doing the one for RTÉ. They send out a form inviting submissions for the PJ O'Connor ... «Galway Advertiser, Jun 10»
Australia: Freedom fighter Chicka Dixon departs, his activist spirit …
“Heaps of it. My gang, we'd sit on the bags and eat our lunch. Bags and bags of asbestos. No one knew. We usen't to take any notice. Forty years down the road, ... «Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal, Mar 10»
