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Hi,Could you please tell me if third sentence is possible?1) I have never delayed for any payment 2) I have never owned you money.3) I have never delay for any payment. (Can I treat it as a noun here?)Cheers

John Aki · Accepted Answer

Also, these two words share the same meaning here?

Present / current situation is bad.

My present / current job is a school teacher.

Cheers

GPY · Answer

John Aki1) I have never delayed for any payment

"delay for" is not correct here. "I have never delayed any payment" is possible; it sounds as if you are referring to a case where you could have paid on time but chose not to. It may be that you instead mean "I have never been late with any payment". This would include the case where you couldn't pay.

John Aki2) I have never owed you money.

OK as amended. I assume that you meant to type "owed".

John Aki3) I have never delay for any payment. (Can I treat it as a noun here?)

This doesn't work. In ordinary English, "I have never X" is hardly possible with X as a noun, outside of some special cases (it sounds archaic or poetic). An example with "delay" as a noun is "There has never been a delay in any payment."

John AkiMy/the/his/etc. present / current situation is bad.
My present / current job is as a school teacher.

As amended. Yes, "present" and "current" mean about the same in these sentences.

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