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Danyel
...Jenny didn't never want go home... and ''Jenny did never want go home''... Which one of sentences is right?
19 mei 2012 20:47
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I'm sorry but both are incorrect. They should read 'Jenny didn't ever want to go home' and ''Jenny never did want to go home''.
19 mei 2012
1
Jenny wanted never to go home. Jenny didn't ever want to go home.
20 mei 2012
1
Both are wrong. Sentence 1 should read: Jenny didn't ever want to go home. Saying "didn't never" would be a double negative. It's like saying "I do not don't want to go home." Which I guess would mean I DO want to want to go home. Sentence 2 should read: Jenny never wanted to home. You don't really need the word did in there. It's not wrong to say: Jenny never did want to go home. But it's more concise to say: Jenny never wanted to go home.
19 mei 2012
thank you all!
19 mei 2012
O.K. I got that correctly sentences are: ''Jenny didn't ever wanna go home''. and ''Jenny never did wanna go home''.
19 mei 2012
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