Question

there used to be 与there was 有什么不同

Answer 1

　　there was (were)只是单纯对过去情况的描述,对现在的情况并无任何暗示."过去有...",现在也许没有,也许有,也许有更多.

　　而there used to be则是过去曾经有,强调曾经,美景不再,如今已经没有了.

　　There used to be a lot of old walls in Beijing.的反意疑问句只能是:weren't there?

Answer 2

句式为there be，所以用wasn\\'t there

By 玛丽的魔术 Moyinis