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used to/would

ˈjuːst tuː / wʊd

Used to is one old photo; would is a stack of them

The picture A scene that shows in the old photo and not in today's one is used to; the same scene shot season after season, a stack of photos, is would. USED TO is an old fact now finished; WOULD is that old fact coming round again and again.

Easily confused pairs