Explaining "used to".

[Molly]

Which would you say is the more precise explanation of the usage of used to?

1. With used to, the situation was true in the past, but is not true at the moment of speaking.

2. Examples of used to refer to two times, i.e. that during which the statement was true and a subsequent time during which it was not.

[Jimb0678]

2. Is more accurate due to the fact that a statement including 'used to' could be read or repeated at a point in time wherein the statement is true, in which 1. would suggest the situation is definitely not true at the moment of 'speaking'.

Although I suppose that's really pushing it.