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Personality in Terms of Personal Traits and Character — Çalışma Sayfası

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Used to and be used to are completely different: the first one describes a past habit that has ended, the second one describes a present situation.
After used to the verb is always in its plain form, even when the subject is he or she: she used to play.
The negative form is did not use to, and the question form starts with did and the words use to.
For people we normally use who or that, for things we or that we use which or that, and whose shows possession.
A defining relative clause gives necessary information and is written without commas; a non-defining clause gives extra information and needs two commas.
Where is used for places, so we say the school where I studied and not the school which I studied.
A description of character is complete only when a personality adjective is supported by an action.
The -ed form describes the person who feels something, and the -ing form describes the thing that causes the feeling.

used to + plain verb: I used to be shy. (the situation has ended)
Negative: did not use to + plain verb: I did not use to smoke.
Question: did + subject + use to + plain verb? Did you use to live here?
be used to + noun or doing: I am used to getting up early. (this is the present)
Relative clause for people: the student who helps everybody / the student that helps everybody
Relative clause for possession: the boy whose father is a doctor
Relative clause for places: the town where I was born
Non-defining clause: My cousin, who is a doctor, lives abroad.

Confusing used to and be used to: Used to with a verb talks about a habit that has ended, but be used to with a noun or with the -ing form talks about what we accept today.
Adding -s to the verb after used to: The verb form never changes with this structure, so write she used to play and never she used to plays.
Forgetting the commas in a non-defining clause: Extra information about a person is placed between two commas, as in my cousin, who is a doctor, lives abroad.
Using which for people: After a person choose who or that, because which is normally used for things and for ideas.
Giving a trait without an action: A complete answer about character adds what the person actually does, because a label alone is not proof.
Using an -ed adjective for a thing: The film is scary and the viewer is scared, because the -ing form always describes the cause of a feeling.
Confusing whose with who or which: Whose shows possession, such as the girl whose father is a doctor, and the other two words do not.

Look at the word before the verb: if there is a form of be before used to, the sentence is about the present.
After used to, after said to and after wanted to, always check the next word, because it must be the plain form of a verb.
To choose a relative pronoun, ask three questions: is it a person, a thing, a possession or a place?
Read the punctuation before who or which, because two commas mean extra information and no comma means necessary information.
Never write only an adjective such as helpful in an answer; always add what the person actually does.
When you write about a person who changes, mention the beginning, the change and the reason for the change.