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According to this article below in the sentence "When he was at school, he used to play football every Saturday", either "would" or "used to" is correct because it was a repeated action. In Michael Swan's "Practical English Usage" there is an explanation "we use "used to" not "would" to talk about regular and important habitual behaviour:
"Robert used to play a lot of football". (Not Robert would play).
"I used to smoke." (Not would smoke)
Is it wrong to use "would" in Michael Swan's example and in similar examples without "every Saturday" or a similar expression that would make it clear that it's a repeated action?
"Robert used to play a lot of football". (Not Robert would play).
"I used to smoke." (Not would smoke)
Is it wrong to use "would" in Michael Swan's example and in similar examples without "every Saturday" or a similar expression that would make it clear that it's a repeated action?
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