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Find Thought Nobody/Nothing/Rarely Words Negative Meaning Won National

Idx 1891
Keyword never
Sub Entry Number 5
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence 'Nobody will never find me,' he thought.
Correct Sentence 'Nobody will ever find me,' he thought.
Cloze Error Sentence 'Nobody will [[never]] find me,' he thought.
Cloze Sentence 'Nobody will [[ever]] find me,' he thought.
Cloze Answer ever
Choices never | ever
Explanation

After nobody/nothing/rarely and other words with a negative meaning, use ever (NOT never ): 'After she won the national lottery, nothing was ever the same again.'

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