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- Correct usage of replacing cuss words with symbols
16 I've noticed that symbols (i e #, $, %, !, *, etc ) are commonly used to filter profanity foul language Just out of curiosity, is there a specific way to do this I've noticed sometimes there isn't a specific number of symbols but normally the number of symbols correspond to the number of letters in the cuss word E g :
- What is the difference between used to and I was used to?
1 Used to describes an action or state of affairs that was done repeatedly or existed for a period in the past; to be used to (or to get used to) means "be or become familiar with someone or something through experience" I used to go in southern Italy every summer I was used to understand when somebody was lying
- Used to or used for? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
To me, "used to" and "used for" are incompatible, as shown in the examples below However, I am unable to substantiate this MS Word doesn't "see" the differences, so I turned to "Essential grammar
- Differences in Past Tense: used to have vs. had (non-native speaker)
The phrase used to (do something) suggests a continuity of practice (from 'use'), a habit, a matter of course, a regular feature, or something customary in nature compared to have (something) that has a static momentary implication
- grammar - Storytelling, used to and would - English Language Usage . . .
When we tell a story that happened in the past should we use 'used to' and 'would' for actions that happened regularly in that story For example in the following what differences do the five forms
- that which used together - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The that is a pronoun referring back to a noun phrase and the which is the relative pronoun used for non-animate antecedents If we expand the shortest of the OP's example sentences to replace the pronoun that with its noun referent, we get: A very small part of acting is acting which takes place on the stage!
- Difference between no more used and no longer used
5 For the sense "not used anymore", one could say "It is used no more" ngrams for no longer used,used no more,not used any more,not used anymore,not used any longer [listed in descending order of frequency and shown in first figure below] shows that usage of no longer used has increased substantially in the last 200 years or so
- grammaticality - Is used vs. has been used vs. was used - English . . .
8 It has been used as the symbol is correct here Use Present Perfect when the action referred to started in the past, and either continues (or continues to have relevance) at the time of speaking
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