This document discusses the verbs "to use" and "to accustom" and how they have the same meaning when used in certain sentences. It provides examples of sentences using each verb, such as "I am used to hot weather" and "I am accustomed to hot weather", and explains that they both mean living in hot weather is normal and usual. It also discusses how adding "-ing" can turn a verb into a noun and how this applies to sentences like "I am accustomed to living in a hot climate".

1. 10-9UsingBeUsed/AccustomedTo
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2. Thesetwosentences
havethesame
meaning:
Sentence Explanation
I am used to hot
weather.
Living in a hot
climate is normal
and usual for me.
I’m familiar with a
hot climate. Hot
weather isn’t
strange or different
to me.
I am accustomed to
hot weather.

3. Thesetwosentences
havethesame
meaning:
Sentence Explanation
I am used to living
in a hot climate.
Notice that you can
add –ing to a verb to
make it a noun. This
kind of noun is
called a gerund.
Like other nouns, it
can be the object of a
preposition like to.
I am accustomed to
living in a hot
climate.

4. Thesetwosentences
havethesame
meaning:
Sentence Explanation
I just moved from
Florida to Alaska. I
have never lived in a
cold climate before,
but I am getting
used to the cold
weather here.
I am getting
accustomed to the
cold weather here.
I’m getting used to/
accustomed to =
something is
beginning to seem
usual and normal to
me.