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Stevenukd Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

EVER FALL = EVER FALLEN ?

Dear Teachers,

1. You both have to dicide that you're both going out.

- "Going out" always means "dating"? or it also means "go out for pleasure or to do something"?

2. What's the difference between "Do you ever fall in love?" and "Have you ever fallen in love?"?

Thanks a million to Teachers,

Stevenukd.
  

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Here's my take: 1. As far as I know, you're right with your observation. 2.

  • Here's my take: 1.
  • As far as I know, you're right with your observation.
  • 2.
  • Do you ever fall in love?
  • --> It might be said by someone who's desperately in love to someone who doesn't have the same feelings: "Look, I've tried to do everything I could but your feelings haven't changed a bit.
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Here's my take:

1.

As far as I know, you're right with your observation.

2.

Do you ever fall in love? --> It might be said by someone who's desperately in love to someone who doesn't have the same feelings: "Look, I've tried to do everything I could but your feelings haven't changed a bit. You're cold, your heart is a stone. Do you ever fall in lov
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2.
"Do you ever fall in love?"
Does it ever happen to you to fall in love?
(present tense)

"Have you ever fallen in love?"?
Have you ever gone through the experience of love?
(present perfect, mostly about previous/past experiences)

The usual differences between present tense and present p
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I don't think this means dating in this context. That's more like going out together.

It's closer to your 2nd interpretation, but the sentence is a bit confusing, esp that repetition of both. Do you have a full context or this is something invented by yourself?

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go out

1 a
: to go forth, a

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