I've never/I never

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Do these senteces have the same meaning?I never cosidered moving to L.A.I have never considered moving to L.A.

AlpheccaStars · Accepted Answer

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

Vorpar · Answer

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.

Laborious · Answer

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 consider moving to LA. During the time period that he could consider moving to LA in, he never considered moving to LA.

Whereas, in I have never considered moving to LA, the speaker thinks that he could still consider moving to LA. From the past up to now or up to the time of speaking, he hasn't considered ever to move to LA, but he might do this in the future.

Look forward to your opinions or views about it.

Thanks.

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