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- Giapponese
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Inglese (Regno Unito)
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Cinese semplificato (Mandarino)
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Ungherese
Domande Inglese (Regno Unito)
Is it possible to replace "would" with "used to" in this sentence "Now and again she would take her favorite book from the shelf and read to us"?
Is it possible to replace "would" with "used to" in this sentence "Now and again she would take her favorite book from the shelf and read to us"?
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If you wanted to use "used to" you would not need "Now and again". So the sentence would be "She used to take her favourite book..."
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