tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518717340795257741.post7477722411807320507..comments2023-11-05T03:40:59.466-08:00Comments on Rebel's Work In Progress: Have you ever....?Rebelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12835352917180439099noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518717340795257741.post-85468228427352116182009-03-16T15:50:00.000-07:002009-03-16T15:50:00.000-07:00This post was ever so amusing!This post was ever so amusing!Michael5000https://www.blogger.com/profile/10148584819327475239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518717340795257741.post-84911863029859863172009-03-12T22:25:00.000-07:002009-03-12T22:25:00.000-07:00Ahhh! Thanks for clarifying! Thinking too much abo...Ahhh! Thanks for clarifying! Thinking too much about word usage makes me second guess myself. <BR/><BR/>I just remembered another one said up here (and it uses "ever"!).... "ever cold" - as in "boy it's cold outside!" you could also put ever in front of other words like "ever mean" or "ever good"...Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08056223553643320044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518717340795257741.post-44389795854242428762009-03-12T17:47:00.000-07:002009-03-12T17:47:00.000-07:00megan - thanks for visiting my blog! "I haven't ev...megan - thanks for visiting my blog! "I haven't ever..." is correct because it's in the negative form, although it means the same as "I've never", the 'ever' there is more of an intensifier I think. Still not getting into it with my students.<BR/><BR/>d = add in the differences between British English and American English and it really starts getting fun. =)<BR/><BR/>susie - I don't think I've heard any of my students say 'whenever' yet... although that's a seriously misused word in the states!Rebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12835352917180439099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518717340795257741.post-22751192963299219022009-03-12T13:07:00.000-07:002009-03-12T13:07:00.000-07:00I'm no linguist, but it almost sounds like they me...I'm no linguist, but it almost sounds like they mean "whenever", but maybe not. Whatever... ;DIamSusiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05477300247354661564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518717340795257741.post-15866187706438921382009-03-12T10:47:00.000-07:002009-03-12T10:47:00.000-07:00i think it takes a certain amount of skills and pa...i think it takes a certain amount of skills and patience to teach english. there are so many stupid unexplainable rules. and so much of common usage is incorrect. i'm sure it must be really hard to learn it.dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06769697352301199658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518717340795257741.post-68434851211902225462009-03-11T22:30:00.000-07:002009-03-11T22:30:00.000-07:00What about "I haven't ever..."? I'm curious now (d...What about "I haven't ever..."? <BR/>I'm curious now (don't kill me!).<BR/><BR/>There's a lot of really bad grammar up here. The most common phrases are "how you are?", "how old you are?" and "how you're doing?". A lot of people also say "ate" wrong... They say "et" instead...Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08056223553643320044noreply@blogger.com