I use(d) to be

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For the first sentence, I think there is grammatical mistake, because
''I used to be a basketball player'' means that you were a basketball player but you are NOT a basketball player anymore
so, it should not be followed by ''and I still am''




For the second sentence, I think it's fine.
''I used to hate banana'' means you hated banana in the past but now you like it.
However, I think it can be rewrote as follow:
''I used to hate eating bananas, yet, I like it now.''
This sentence means you didn't like to eat bananas in the past but you like it now
Differ form the original one, which actually means you hate banana itself.
Both of them are grammatically correct, but their meanings are different, you can choose the one that expressed your meaning.



Feel free to point out any mistakes in my answer.

1) I use to be a basketball player, and I still am.

This sentence doesn't make sense and there's no such form in grammar, so it's incorrect. Used to is an idiom, so you've to use it appropriately.

1) I used to be a basketball player, and I still am.

The first sentence contradicts the second statement, so it's incorrect too!

My suggestion is:

I'm use to being a basketball player, and I still am.

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2) I use to hate banana yet I like it now.

As I mentioned in the above, use to VF is doesn't work in a sentence.

2) I used to hate banana yet I like it now.

It's grammatically correct in this statement; however, there are TWO problems in this sentence. Here are the explanations:

a) missing a comma between the conjunction "yet" and your first sentence.
b) "yet" this conjunction isn't appropriate in this sentence.

My suggestion is:

I used to hate banana, but I like it now.

How to use Yet as a conjunction?

I don't know this guy, yet I get help from him.

use to means "一向都係"
e.g. Tom use to be a good boy
湯不嬲都係一個乖男孩


而be used to means "習慣, 適應"
e.g. i am used to this study atmosphere
我習慣/適應了這學習氣氛

p.s. 除左be used to呢一個用法,我地仲可以用get黎代替verb to be
e.g. i get used to this study atmosphere
我習慣/適應了這學習氣氛

I used to be a basketvall player but I am no longer a basket player.

I did not like banana in the past but I like it now.(better English) = I used to hate banana but I like it now.( not wrong but not good English)


used to be = always refer to something happened in the past but no longer existing now.


I have been a basket player since I was 17 years old. = better English in both written and spoken English)

It should be ''I used to'' for both of them because it's a past already therefore you MUST use past tense.

~When to use Pat tense?~
Past tense is always used when you say something about the past or already happed.
~When to use Present tense?~
Present tense is used when you say something that is true or its a daily route.

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