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Talab1234 Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Never gets vs will never get

“Johnny never gets that movie.”


Is this grammatically correct?


In this line, shouldn’t it be “will never get that movie.”,


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”, This would be more standard. “Johnny never gets that movie” is a kind of "lazy" colloquial way of saying it. At least, that's how I perceive it.

  • ”, This would be more standard.
  • “Johnny never gets that movie” is a kind of "lazy" colloquial way of saying it.
  • At least, that's how I perceive it.
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talab1234In this line, shouldn’t it be “will never get that movie.”,

This would be more standard. “Johnny never gets that movie” is a kind of "lazy" colloquial way of saying it. At least, that's how I perceive it.

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