Never had practised/Had never practised
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Hello!
The 8th question.
Could you help me please?
Is "never had practised" the same as "had never practised"
Thank you for any reply.
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Edited by lucile83 on 26-06-2021 09:30
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Re: Never had practised/Had never practised from gerondif, posted on 26-06-2021 at 09:22:19 (D | E)
Hello
This adverb of frequency should be :
Before the lexical verb.
I never smoke, I often saw him.
So, between the auxiliary verb and the lexical verb.
I will never accept. I have never seen that film.
Before the auxiliary verb when it replaces the lexical verb in short answers or tags.
Will you always love me? Yes I always will.
Do you sometimes smoke? Yes, I sometimes do.
He always complains. Does he? I never do.
Behind to be.
He is always late. He is often complaining.
In your sentence he NEVER had practised, it would be a form of insistance.
In British English, practice is a noun and to practise is a verb.
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