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Hi there, I was listening a Tedtalk video on Youtube and I was very perplexed when the speaker said that :
" Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't "
The word "ever" here is so strange for me as I have never ever seen or listented any context in which "ever" is combinated with "will" or "ever" goes together with the future tense like this .
I hope you can give me a good answer! Plus, I will really appreciate if you can explain why in detail for me .
Thanks so much and have a great day ^^
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queen115 listening a Tedtalk video listening to a queen115 seen or listented seen or heard queen115 combinated combined queen115 I hope you can give me a good answer! Me, too. I think I see your problem, but "ever" there is natural and logical.
- queen115 listening a Tedtalk video listening to a queen115 seen or listented seen or heard queen115 combinated combined queen115 I hope you can give me a good answer!
- Me, too.
- I think I see your problem, but "ever" there is natural and logical.
- Maybe if we look at the sentence without it, it will become apparent why it is there.
- " This is not ideal because it destroys the formula that allows the simple present in the subordinate clause by forcing the future on it.
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queen115listening a Tedtalk video
listening to a
queen115seen or listented
seen or heard
queen115combinated
combined
queen115I hope you can give me a good answer!
Me, too. I think I see your problem, but "ever" there is natural an
0queen115" Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't "
It's natural.
1. Everyone knows something you don't.
If you go around asking everybody in the world to tell you what they know, you will find out something new from each one.
2. Everyone (who) you will ever meet knows something you don't.
If every ti
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