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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.
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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
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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