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Jasmine use to take piano lessons, but now she is learning to play the trombone.

Jasmine used to take piano lessons, but now she is learning to play the trombone

user77776
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    As mentioned in the possible duplicate, the confusion arises because the 's' in 'used' is pronounced with an 'S' sound in this compound tense (for most English speakers), and with a 'Z' sound elsewhere: I used to go (=yoost); I used two gophers = (=yoozd). In my dialect (Canadian) the 'oo' in the second pronunciation is also longer. The 's' in 'use' when it is a noun is always 'S'. – Merk May 30 '14 at 06:20

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You are describing a past state, hence use of the past tense, used. If "use to" is found, or heard, it is most likely because the -d got lost in the following t-.

anongoodnurse
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Wlerin
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  • Use to would not (or at least should not) be written. If it is, it is because of unfamiliarity between written and spoken usage. I agree with you, though, that it is very common in speech for the reason you stated. – anongoodnurse May 30 '14 at 06:00