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JuniorWin

#221283 Sun, 30 Apr 06 08:40 PM

(1) She didn't raise this question anytime before.
(2) She never asked this question.

What is the difference between these two sentences as to their meaning?

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Marius Hancu

#221285 Sun, 30 Apr 06 08:46 PM

in (1) you are assumed to have (it must be somewhere in the context) a reference point sometime in the past, before which something happened or did not happen

in (2), the thing is valid during the whole of the considered past time

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JuniorWin

#221302 Sun, 30 Apr 06 09:26 PM

Thank you marius.

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