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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Grammar

If the planner had thought more carefully, this disaster would never have happened.
If the planner had thought more carefully, this disaster would have never happened.
in the above sentences the adverb "never" has been used . Is it correct to be used before "have" as in the first sentence?or just second sentence is correct?
  

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The first sentence is the usual word order. I recommend using that one.

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The first sentence is the usual word order. I recommend using that one.
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American English allows for both. As I understand it British English prefers the adverb immediately after the modal verb.

If the planner had thought more carefully, this disaster would never have happened.
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EnglishmavenAmerican English allows for both. As I understand it British English prefers the adverb immediately after the modal verb.
I see ... at 'Ngrams' there is indeed a stronger bias towards "would never have happened" in BrE than in AmE, which I wasn't aware of, though "would never have happened" still appears many times more common in AmE:

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