I'm not a native speaker but grammatically speaking "used" (simple past) means you did use it in the past but there is no information about whether you use it now, and "have been using" (present perfect) means you did use it in the past and continue to do so in the present.
Esteban A. Maringolo On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 11:37 AM Ben Coman <b...@openinworld.com> wrote: > > I didn't get the sense that "used" means its no longer being used. > Yesterday I used a keyboard to write an email, and I'm doing the same thing > today. > cheers -ben > > On Tue, 6 Aug 2019 at 16:06, Tim Mackinnon <tim@testit.works> wrote: >> >> It’s very entertaining but it seems a bit sad - it’s a shame it refers to >> JP-Morgan as “used Smalltalk “ as actually they are “still using Smalltalk” >> (so it’s not in the past) >> >> Tim >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On 5 Aug 2019, at 16:19, Richard Kenneth Eng <horrido.hobb...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> A big fan of my work created this rogue video: >> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1opveHaukFK8WbQ8wg8b14wuKJsjoOZfO/view >> >> I appreciate the homage, but I can't take credit for it. >> >> It's really quite beautiful, though. I'm using it as part of my evangelism. >>
