Tom used to live here in 2000 vs Tom lived here in 2000.

[diamondcutter]

1. Tom used to live here in 2000.

2. Tom lived here in 2000.
(By me)

The first sentence means Tom once lived here and he doesn’t live here any more.
The second sentence means Tom once lived here and then moved somewhere else and maybe he moved back here.

Is my understanding correct?

 

[5jj]

1. Tom used to live here in 2000.

2. Tom lived here in 2000.
(By me)

The first sentence means Tom once lived here and he doesn’t live here any more.
The second sentence means Tom once lived here and then moved somewhere else and maybe he moved back here.

Is my understanding correct?

Where did you find the first sentence?

 

[diamondcutter]

This page is from A Dictionary of Answers to Common Questions in English by Zhao Zhengcai.
The author says the sentences are correct because they are from authoritative sources.

What do you think of them?

 

[5jj]

I am surprised that the first sentence is attributed to Leech. It does not sound very natural to me because Used to is not normally accompanied by an adverbial of time when. leech, Geoffrey (2004). Meaning and the English Verb (3rd edition).

 

[emsr2d2]

I find it very unnatural with the time phrase. The two could work in a dialogue but not in one sentence.

A: Tom used to live here.
B: When?
A: In 2000.