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    Correction/to miss ever

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    Correction/to miss ever
    Message from kai88 posted on 17-09-2011 at 18:53:10 (D | E | F)
    Hello,

    Is it correct to say :" This is the thing you don't want to miss ever." ?
    I feel the 'ever' is a bit awkward.
    Any correction please?

    Thanks beforehand.

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    Edited by lucile83 on 17-09-2011 18:55+ title


    Re: Correction/to miss ever from alep, posted on 17-09-2011 at 18:58:19 (D | E)
    Hello,
    This is the thing you can't afford to miss
    This is the thing you should never miss
    Etc.
    There are surely other ways
    Alep



    Re: Correction/to miss ever from lucile83, posted on 17-09-2011 at 19:00:55 (D | E)
    Hello,

    It seems OK to me.
    This is the thing you don't want to miss ever.
    =
    This is the thing you never want to miss/you would never want to miss.




    Re: Correction/to miss ever from kai88, posted on 17-09-2011 at 19:11:18 (D | E)
    Thanks for all the replies. I got it. Nice day!




    Re: Correction/to miss ever from jonquille, posted on 17-09-2011 at 19:34:48 (D | E)
    Bonjour!

    and...late as usual, here is my suggestion:

    This is the thing (or: something) you don't want to ever miss ever.



    Re: Correction/to miss ever from traviskidd, posted on 18-09-2011 at 04:50:48 (D | E)
    Hello, I would say "...don't ever want to miss."

    See you.



    Re: Correction/to miss ever from smartway, posted on 24-09-2011 at 13:06:42 (D | E)
    hello :
    It is a negative sentence ,so you should use never not ever:
    This is the thing you never want to miss.
    Thank you.



    Re: Correction/to miss ever from stammer, posted on 25-09-2011 at 23:02:05 (D | E)
    I don't agree with the above comment. It is a negative sentence but the "don't" (do not)already makes it negative.
    "This is the thing you never want to miss" is grammatically correct though.
    Personally (as a ) I would say
    "This is something that you don't ever want to miss".

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    Edited by stammer on 25-09-2011 23:05





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