Ever e Never

[David Stephensen]

Pedido pelo Rick

Never é facil. Never = nunca
Ever tem vários significados:

Ever = às vezes (no sentido de freqüência)

Do you ever go to the beach? Você vai à praia às vezes?
1. Yes. Always. (sempre)
2. Yes. Sometimes. (às vezes)
3. Yes, but seldom. (raramente)
4. No. Never. (nunca)

Ever para ênfase

Don't say that again
= Don't you ever say that again.
= Never say that again. (Nunca mais diga isso)
= Never ever say that again. (Nunca com ênfase)
= Never ever ever say that again (mais ênfase)

Forever and ever = para sempre (ênfase literária)

Ever = finalmente

Will you ever go to Australia?
The journey was so long that I wondered if we would ever arrive.
If you ever got a lot of money, what would you do with it?

Ever = já, na qualquer ocasião

It was the largest fish that I ever saw.
What is the longest time you've ever stayed underwater?

Ever = sempre

Our dog is ever wanting to go for a walk.
Ever since I broke my arm, I have not been able to play tennis.

Ever so = muito

She was ever so thin. I worried about her health.

Ever so = sempre o caso

It was ever so. Each year our football team won all of its games but lost the grand final.

Never

The never-never = compra a prazo

Uma aulinha sobre tempos passados:

I never saw that movie while it was in the cinemas. (a possibilidade não existe mais)
I have never seen that movie even though I could get a DVD. (a possibilidade ainda existe)

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