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Khah Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

I've never/I never

Do these senteces have the same meaning?

I never cosidered moving to L.A.
I have never considered moving to L.A.
  

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They may have a slight shade of difference, but not much.

  • They may have a slight shade of difference, but not much.
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They may have a slight shade of difference, but not much.
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They effectively mean the same thing.

The first sentence (past tense) is for things that began and ended in the past.
The second sentence (present perfect) is for things that connect the past with the present.

So, if you want to express that it still affects your life, use present perfect.
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khahI never cosidered moving to L.A.I have never considered moving to L.A.
Isn't it that with "I never considered..." the time period in which he could have considered moving to LA has finished? The speaker thinks that the consideration of moving to LA was in the past, and that now he thinks he might never cons

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