Seven Deadly Grammar Sins—Learn 'Em, Avoid 'Em (CollegeView.com)

<p>^That’s definitely correct grammatically; foreign language textbooks often cite “used to” as one of the ways that English expresses a habitual past action, e.g. I used to play baseball. The other ways “I would play” and simply “I played”, while also correct, can be confused with other tenses whereas “used to” has just the one meaning.</p>