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Lucus Ong Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Never

(1)I will never do it
I may have do it before but I will not do it in the future.
(2)I have never done it.
I have not done it before but I may do it in the future.
(3)I never do it.
I have not done it before and I will not do it.
(4)I had never done it, before I was arrested.
(5)I will never have done it, before I am intrusted on how to do it.

Could anybody check my sentences and my ideas on tenses.
Many Thanks in Advance
Victory Ong
  

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Hi, 1)I will never do it I may have do it before but I will not do it in the future. Yes. If I did it in the past, I will commonly say 'I will never do it again '.

  • Hi, 1)I will never do it I may have do it before but I will not do it in the future.
  • Yes.
  • If I did it in the past, I will commonly say 'I will never do it again '.
  • (2)I have never done it.
  • I have not done it before but I may do it in the future.
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Hi,

1)I will never do it

I may have do it before but I will not do it in the future.

Yes.

If I did it in the past, I will commonly say 'I will never do it again'.



(2)I have never done it.

I have not done it before but I may do it in the future.

Yes.

If I intend to do it, I will often say 'I have never done
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(1)I had never done it, before I was arrested.
(2)I will never have done it, before I am told to do it.
Sorry, but i still don't understand the sentences above.
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Hi,

1)I had never done it, before I was arrested.



(2)I will never have done it, before I am told to do it.

Sorry, but i still don't understand the sentences above.

Could you give me one example for each sentence and give some explaination?



1. I had nevermarried anyone before I married Mary.

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I understand the first one already.
But still don't understand the second one.
Could you please give me one more example for the second one?
Many Thanks in Advance
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Hi,

Let's review Future Perfect a bit.

The Future Perfect deals with periods of time in the future that relate to some event in the future.

Here are a few examples.

It's 2pm.

The plane will arrive at 5pm.

At 5:01pm, the plane will have arrived.

At 5:01pm, the plane will have been on the ground for one minute.

At 6pm, the pla
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I have no question about this post
BUt I still don't understand that sentence
Or you can provide me another example relative to marriage.
Many Thanks in Advance
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The idea of it suddenly occured to my mind.
I will never have a car, before I buy one tomorrow.=I have not owned a car so far, but I will buy one tomorrow. After buying one tomorrow,I will own a car.

Do I have a right understanding on it?
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Hi,

Your originall sentence was

2)I will never have done it, before I am told to do it.



It's an odd sentence that is hard to understand.

Let me try to find a more concrete example, that is easier to discuss.



eg Tom will never have cooked dinner, before he is told to cook dinner.



Before we discuss it, do you agre
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Hi,

The idea of it suddenly occured to my mind.

I will never have a car, before I buy one tomorrow.=I have not owned a car so far, but I will buy one tomorrow. After buying one tomorrow,I will own a car.


Do I have a right understanding on it? No.



I will never have a car - use this whan you will never buy one.

I will not have a
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Thanks

I will reply to it, But I need sometime to think.

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