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Ahmedali111 Posted 19 years ago
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never one to do / who does

0Are the two forms above correct? If yes ,which one is more appropriate ?02br
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00He is never one who steals .02br
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00Or ,02br
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00He is never one to steal .02br
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00Thanks in advance0-
  

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0 "never one" sounds weird to me and i have never heard of it and neither read it anywhere.02br
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00Why don't you try:02br
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00He would never steal.02br
00He's a person that wouldn't steal.02br
00He doesn't steal.0-
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0You can try these too: 02br
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01font00It isn't typical of him to steal. 02font02br
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01font00It isn't like him to steal.02font0-
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0 The first construction sounds peculiar to me. Also I would replace "never" with "not".0-
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0 OK,thank you . I know there are lternatives , but Iam sure I have seen one of them , but not the other! 0-
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0 I think both the original ones are possible, but not with the same frequency. 02br
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00 Google hits at the BBC: 02br
00 5 from bbc.co.uk for "never one who"02br
00 730 from bbc.co.uk for "never one to"0-
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0 Tthank you all . And I was looking for an answer like that , Marius . 0-
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