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1 -never o ever?-
Nota d'usoGli avverbi never e ever possono essere tradotti entrambi con “mai”: never esprime una negazione, mentre ever implica una possibilità. In generale, never viene usato nelle frasi affermative ed ever nelle frasi interrogative. Poiché in inglese non si può avere una doppia negazione nella stessa frase, never viene sempre usato con la forma affermativa del verbo e ever con la forma negativa: I have never had a car accident; I haven't ever had a car accident, non ho mai avuto un incidente stradale. Tuttavia, in presenza di comparativi e superlativi si ricorre ad ever anche nelle frasi affermative: That is the best cup of tea I've ever had, è la migliore tazza di tè che abbia mai bevuto; Our economy is stronger than ever, la nostra economia è più forte che mai. Inoltre, è possibile utilizzare never nelle frasi interrogative, quando si vuole esprimere sorpresa: Have you never been to Rome?, non sei mai stato a Roma? (in questo caso, si può anche usare ever con il verbo alla forma negativa: Haven't you ever been to Rome?).
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