Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: HenHanna Newsgroups: alt.usage.english,sci.lang Subject: Re: Sometimes I forget I was ever a child. Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2024 07:04:10 +0000 Organization: novaBBS Message-ID: References: <00b9eac39883529e34a04de9519ebe5e@www.novabbs.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="2368576"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="25PjXUQKTQXKZnoxTqVufZcfCkmLjnu8AjjfHtuMysE"; User-Agent: Rocksolid Light X-Face: P#KeQ)CUdd!==@fw~Ms1=,Hb`IWtb6:Mw)x3B=H1BfNC\lz?Nb&)M9}$>?'X7l;CuB}utlJ=PHsRBSG6X>dYZ$[>P]$~+`>@V6$t}hTLoQ7XC~W\>:`B3ALU]SH;d(\MEc}znW8m}-ma&yPFkJ2@KSQrz=!Y;><;6a>z6N+mt`ClCt.PAE On Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:38:54 +0000, tonbei wrote: > On Mon, 16 Sep 2024 22:58:11 +0000, HenHanna wrote: i was going to ask about +0000 ------ Is he posting from the UK ? but my post has +0000 too On Mon, 16 Sep 2024 22:58:11 +0000, HenHanna wrote: > On Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:38:54 +0000, tonbei wrote: > >> I have a question about the following sentences from a novel. >> >> Sometimes I forget I was ever a child. Ever young and stupid and >> trusting.” >> ("Port Mortuary" by Patricia Cornwell, p258) >> >> question: about "ever" or its usage in this sentence. >> Could it be said also like: "Sometimes I forget I was once a child." ? >> > > > ever is like pas in French. [in the slightest > amount] > > > so yes, in a sense... that ever is like Once. > > > 1. Let me know if you need help. > 2. Let me know if you ever need help. --- ever = [in the slightest > amount]