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Whatchadoin Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
I never saw
I've never seen anything like this.
I never saw anything like this.
Do these mean the same?
I never saw anything like this.
Do these mean the same?
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I think we use: Subject + never + V (past tense) when we mean the Subject never had an intention to do sth before the time the saying is made. If we use: I've never seen, it means "I" simply didn't have a chance to do sth before the time the saying is made. Please correct me if I'm wrong
- I think we use: Subject + never + V (past tense) when we mean the Subject never had an intention to do sth before the time the saying is made.
- If we use: I've never seen, it means "I" simply didn't have a chance to do sth before the time the saying is made.
- Please correct me if I'm wrong
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I think we use: Subject + never + V (past tense) when we mean the Subject never had an intention to do sth before the time the saying is made.
If we use: I've never seen, it means "I" simply didn't have a chance to do sth before the time the saying is made.
Please correct me if I'm wrong
If we use: I've never seen, it means "I" simply didn't have a chance to do sth before the time the saying is made.
Please correct me if I'm wrong
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It has nothing to do with the speaker's prior intentions.
He says "this" so it means he is seeing it now. Therefore present perfect is appropriate.
If he was referring to a time in the past, "I never saw anything like that" is appropriate.
He says "this" so it means he is seeing it now. Therefore present perfect is appropriate.
If he was referring to a time in the past, "I never saw anything like that" is appropriate.
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