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The best seven dollar dinner I ever had
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29/07/2007 10:47:59
 
 
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29/07/2007 10:40:10
Dragan Nedeljkovich (Online)
Now officially retired
Zrenjanin, Serbia
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Politics
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Miscellaneous
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>>>>>>>I was like that at that age. Then, probably around age 13 or so, I took it on myself to shorten my list of things I don't eat as a part of growing up. Somewhere along the way I switched from "but I never ate THAT!" to "mmm... I never ate that".
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>>>>>>Dragan, don't let yourself be dragged down to US grammar!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>"but I have never eaten THAT!" to "mmm... I have never eaten that".
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Now which one of those... never mind, I give up.
>>>>
>>>>No both are correct just as both were US incorrect :-)
>>>
>>>Which one describes one-time action and which one a continuous or repetitive one, is what I meant.
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>>"I never ate that" is a "nonetime" action :-)
>>"I have never eaten that" is a never-time action.
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>This was negative information. I.e. now I know less than before.

On the assumption that you're serious, we would say: "I have never eaten that, but I might try it now".

"I left the room for 5 mins and someone has eaten my dessert"

"I ate the same meal yesterday". "I ate in the canteen yesterday"

"Coming for lunch?" - "No, I've eaten already" - not "I ate already"
- Whoever said that women are the weaker sex never tried to wrest the bedclothes off one in the middle of the night
- Worry is the interest you pay, in advance, for a loan that you may never need to take out.
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