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John liao Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
had never vs have never
What's the difference between the two sentences:
I had never been NZ before.
I have never been NZ.
I had never been NZ before.
I have never been NZ.
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In this context: I had never been NZ before. (I went, or am there) I have never been NZ. (Never went)
- In this context: I had never been NZ before.
- (I went, or am there) I have never been NZ.
- (Never went)
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In this context:
I had never been NZ before. (I went, or am there)
I have never been NZ. (Never went)
I had never been NZ before. (I went, or am there)
I have never been NZ. (Never went)
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Both sentences are ungrammatical. They should be:
I had never been to NZ before.
I had never been to NZ.
They are more or less synonymous. If there is a difference, the "before" in the first one makes the sentence more emphatic.
I had never been to NZ before.
I had never been to NZ.
They are more or less synonymous. If there is a difference, the "before" in the first one makes the sentence more emphatic.
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Let's just put those answers together:
I had never been to NZ before. (I went, or am there)
I have never been to NZ. (Never went)
I had never been to NZ before. (I went, or am there)
I have never been to NZ. (Never went)
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