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This "marginal auxiliary" : used to is used in some peculiar way. It is explained through the following example:

___ Sarah used to sleep early last year. This sentence is negated in three plausible and correct cases in English grammar as:

1- Sarah did not use to sleep early.........

2- Sarah did not used to sleep early........

3- Sarah used not to sleep early............

Reference: Quirk and Greenbaum

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