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He said, “It used to be a lovely, quiet street.”

  • A.He said that it used to be a lovely, quiet street.
  • B.He said that there used to be a lovely, quiet street.
  • C.He pointed out that it had used to be a lovely, quiet street.
  • D.He inquired whether there was a lovely, quiet street.

Answer: C

Correct answer: He said that it used to be a lovely, quiet street.

Used to is already a past form and has no past of its own, so it does not shift: had used to be is not English. Only the pronoun and the reporting verb change, and it stays it - replacing it with there alters what the sentence is about.

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