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Latest post Sun, Apr 30 2006 9:26 PM by JuniorWin. 2 replies.
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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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JW
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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, 3 yr 210 days ago
Thank you marius.
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