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Stevenukd Posted 19 years ago
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it emphasises that you are not talking just about the immediate future, but at any point in that person's future life. this means 'would you, at any point in the future, have plastic surgery. Yet the answer talks about the past - I haven't had plastic surgery yet.

— Nona the brit

  • it emphasises that you are not talking just about the immediate future, but at any point in that person's future life.
  • this means 'would you, at any point in the future, have plastic surgery.
  • Yet the answer talks about the past - I haven't had plastic surgery yet.
  • 02br 02br 00Have you ever ...
  • is used to ask whether something has happened at any point in someone's life up till now, in the past.
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0Would you ever...is a very common way of asking a question about the future...it emphasises that you are not talking just about the immediate future, but at any point in that person's future life. The 'ever' isn't redundant.02br
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00The main problem here is that the question and answer don't match.02br
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00Would you ever have plastic surgery....this
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