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Imethimatapark Posted 12 years ago
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has ever read

This is the first Hemingway novel he has ever read.

Would you please tell me what situations the sentence above indicate?
I don't know the exact meaning.
  

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" The word "ever" functions as an intensifier, to give emphasis to the fact that he has never read any of Hemingway's novels before this.

  • " The word "ever" functions as an intensifier, to give emphasis to the fact that he has never read any of Hemingway's novels before this.
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This means the same thing as, "This is the first Hemingway novel he has read." The word "ever" functions as an intensifier, to give emphasis to the fact that he has never read any of Hemingway's novels before this.
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Please stop repeatedly posting the same question, Imethimatapark. You are wasting people's time.
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fivejedjonPlease stop repeatedly posting the same question, Imethimatapark. You are wasting people's time.
I'm really sorry but I'm poor at English. I can't fully understand what I have been told. They are so ambiguous to me.
When I post some of mine, I change my question a little not the same. I want to inquire properly. I can't explain it in English, how

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