Ever vs never en inglés
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Ever vs never
Ever se utiliza en las frases negativas donde se expresa una duda o una interrogación. Es el antónimo de always (siempre):
Don't ever talk to me like that! ¡Nunca jamás me vuelvas a hablar de esa forma!
If you ever see him, tell him he still owes me money. Si le ves algún día, dile que todavía me debe dinero.
Have you ever heard of Flint Westwood? ¿Has oído hablar alguna vez de Flint Westwood?
I never want to see this boy in your bedroom again.
I don't ever want to see this boy in your bedroom again.
No quiero volver a ver a este joven en tu cuarto nunca más.
I don't ever want to see this boy in your bedroom again.
No quiero volver a ver a este joven en tu cuarto nunca más.
He has never seen a nose so big.
He hasn't ever seen a nose so big.
Él nunca había visto antes una nariz tan grande.
He hasn't ever seen a nose so big.
Él nunca había visto antes una nariz tan grande.
Ever se usa comúnmente después de los superlativos o de los adjetivos restrictivos como only, first:
Harold Warbuckle is the most demanding client I have ever met. Harold Warbuckle es el cliente más exigente que yo jamás haya conocido.
The first job I ever had was in a toothpaste factory. El primer trabajo que tuve fue en una fábrica de dentífrico.
Ejercicio 1
I don't want to see your ugly face again.
I don't ever want to see your ugly face again.
ever: 'Ever' is the best choice here. In a sentence which already carries negation, 'ever' is used as the affirmative equivalent of 'never' to express the idea of something which happens 'at no time' or 'on no occasion'
never: Using 'never' forms a double negative, which is grammatically incorrect.
always: 'Always' does not make sense in this construction. In English, 'always' is rarely used in negative constructions.
sometimes: 'Sometimes' does not make sense here. The construction 'I don't' is never followed by 'sometimes' to express frequency.
Ejercicio 2
Horatio has liked Kevin very much.
Horatio has never liked Kevin very much.
never: Because this sentence carries no negation, we must use the negative term 'never' to create a grammatically correct statement.
ever: Using 'ever' forms a grammatically incorrect sentence. In order to correctly express this thought in an affirmative construction, we must use a negative term.
Ejercicio 3
Icarus's mother advises him to leave home without a clean pair of underwear.
Icarus's mother advises him never to leave home without a clean pair of underwear.
never: Because this sentence carries no negation, we must use the negative term 'never' to create a grammatically correct statement.
ever: Using 'ever' forms a grammatically incorrect sentence. In an affirmative construction such as this one, we must use a negative term to correctly complete the sentence.
Ejercicio 4
Polly says that she hasn't told a lie, but we know better.
Polly says that she hasn't ever told a lie, but we know better.
ever: 'Ever' is the best choice here. Because this construction is negative ('hasn't' carries the negation), we must use the affirmative term 'ever' to complete the sentence correctly.
never: 'Hasn't' already carries the negation of this sentence. Using 'never' forms a double negative, which is grammatically incorrect.
always: 'Always' does not fit in this sentence. 'Hasn't' and 'always' cannot be used together to express frequency.
Ejercicio 5
Horatio doesn't wear protective gear in the laboratory.
Horatio doesn't ever wear protective gear in the laboratory.
ever: 'Ever' is the correct choice here because 'doesn't' carries the negation of the sentence. We must choose an affirmative word in this case.
never: To say Horatio 'doesn't never' forms a double negative, which is grammatically incorrect.
nothing: 'Nothing' does not make sense here.
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