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Yoong Liat Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
'ever' vs 'never'
If somebody asks me whether my cat has caught a mouse, I can say "No, it has never caught a mouse."
But if it has caught a mouse, I was told that I cannot say "Yes, it has ever caught a mouse." Is my friend correct to say so? If he is correct, is there a reason for it?
But if it has caught a mouse, I was told that I cannot say "Yes, it has ever caught a mouse." Is my friend correct to say so? If he is correct, is there a reason for it?
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If it has caught a mouse, you should say simply: Yes, it has (already) caught a mouse. Otherwise, there may be confusions with the intensifier : Yes, it has caught a mouse, has it ever! book=Third&va=immensely -- used as an intensive preceding and modifying an adjective after an inverted verb-subject construction <boy ...
- If it has caught a mouse, you should say simply: Yes, it has (already) caught a mouse.
- Otherwise, there may be confusions with the intensifier : Yes, it has caught a mouse, has it ever!
- book=Third&va=immensely -- used as an intensive preceding and modifying an adjective after an inverted verb-subject construction <boy ...
- was I ever green -- Richard Bissell> <is he ever proud of it> -------------
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If it has caught a mouse, you should say simply:
Yes, it has (already) caught a mouse.
Otherwise, there may be confusions with the intensifier:
Yes, it has caught a mouse, has it ever! (which means AND HOW!)
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ever
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Yes, it has (already) caught a mouse.
Otherwise, there may be confusions with the intensifier:
Yes, it has caught a mouse, has it ever! (which means AND HOW!)
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ever
3 a :
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