Do you say 'I had never done French' or 'I have never done French' ?

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00I would say: 'I have never 01u00studied02u00 French'0-

0I think it should be 'I had never done French'.02br
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00I don't really know how to explain but I think the above answer is correct. 050010id1

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01cite10Francesca12cite10hello PBF!12br
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10I would say: 'I 11b11i10have12i12b10 never studied French'12br
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10Why do you use 'have' in the above sentence? Couldn't it be 'had'? 02br
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0I have never done French - this is your current state. You have not done French in the past and you are not doing French now.02br
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00I had never done French - this is your past state. You have not done French in the past. It is likely that you have done French at some time since the moment you are talking about. I had never done French until I started college. The first

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01cite10Nona The Brit12cite10I have never done French - this is your current state. You have not done French in the past and you are not doing French now.12br
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10I had never done French - this is your past state. You have not done French in the past. It is likely that you have done French at some time since the mo

0By the way, can I also say 'I have never had French before' to mean that I have never done French?02br
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0 Thank you for replies, Nona, 00Francesca and Spectacled-Girl. 05002br
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00I wonder if there are any differences between 'I have never 01font00done02font00 French' and 'I have never 01font00studied 02font00French'. 02br
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0Yes, I do feel there is a difference between 'done' and 'studied' but I can't quite make up my mind what the difference is, sorry. You 'do' physical activities rather than academic ones. I've never done skateboarding. But then that isn't quite right. Sometimes the difference is between actively doing something academic and studying the subject in a more passive way - for example if I did a sc

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01cite10Nona The Brit12cite10Yes, I do feel there is a difference between 'done' and 'studied' but I can't 11i10quite12i10 make up my mind what the difference is, sorry. 12br
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10I know it is sometimes difficult, if not impossible, for most of us to tell the diffe

0 Depending on the context of the use, I would say, " I have never learned French". Or, I have never used French. 0-