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Hey there ... I've got a question and i hope you gonna answered it quickly :)

I want to no whether this sentence is corrrect or not

" I got used to playing soccer "

" I didn't get used to play(ing) soccer " -- The Negative --

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I never got used to playing soccer.

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Default Re: The Negative of Got used to :)

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Hey there ... I've got a question and i hope you gonna answered it quickly :)

I want to no whether this sentence is corrrect or not

" I got used to playing soccer "

" I didn't get used to playing soccer "

thanks :)
Don't take "ing" away in your second one.

It might get to be wrong. Wait the native speakers' answers

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I never got used to playing soccer.

Or if you did once, 'I lost the habit of playing soccer' or 'I got out of practice'.

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...or even 'my soccer's a bit rusty'

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Default Re: The Negative of Got used to :)

Hey there ... I've got a question and i hope you gonna answered it quickly :)
Whatever your question, your request needs addressing as to the kind of English you wish to speak. In terms of how you have phrased this, you might as well go the whole hog and say:

Hey there, listen up ... I've gotta a question and you gonna answered it quickly - see!
(I guess it would be what we might call 'gutter English".)

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Hi, I have a question.
In the context of this forum, this is quite sufficient without making demands on others.
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