interrogativas e negativas. Neste caso, ever pode ser o antônimo de never (nunca):
Exemplos:
a) You won’t hear it from her ever again.
b) I forbid you ever to use that word!
c) Have you ever experienced failure?
a) You won’t hear it from her ever again.
b) I forbid you ever to use that word!
c) Have you ever experienced failure?
2. Ever é usado nas expressões did you ever…? (você já…?) e have you ever…? (você já tinha…?) para exprimir surpresa ou choque em relação ao que você viu, ouviu ou experimentou, especialmente quando você esperar que alguém concorde com você.
Exemplos:
a) Did you ever hear anyone sound so peculiar?
b) Have you ever seen anything like it?
a) Did you ever hear anyone sound so peculiar?
b) Have you ever seen anything like it?
3. Use ever após comparativos e superlativos para enfatizar o grau em que algo é verdadeiro, ou quando você estiver comparando uma situação presente com o passado ou o futuro.
Exemplos:
a) She’s got a great voice and is singing better than ever.
b) Japan is wealthier and more powerful than ever before.
c) He feels better than he has ever felt before.
a) She’s got a great voice and is singing better than ever.
b) Japan is wealthier and more powerful than ever before.
c) He feels better than he has ever felt before.
4. Você pode usar ever para indicar que uma pessoa está mostrando uma característica particular, que é típica dela. Neste caso, ever é sinônimo de always.
Exemplos:
a) He was ever careful to check his scripts.
b) Mother, ever the peacemaker, pointed her finger at my little brother and said, `See? Now stop!’
a) He was ever careful to check his scripts.
b) Mother, ever the peacemaker, pointed her finger at my little brother and said, `See? Now stop!’
5. Use ever para dizer que algo acontece na maior parte do tempo.
Exemplos:
a) They grew ever further apart.
b) I think the amount of work will increase and that it will become ever more complex.
a) They grew ever further apart.
b) I think the amount of work will increase and that it will become ever more complex.
6. Informalmente, você também pode usar ever após never, para dar ênfase.
Exemplos:
a) I can never, ever, forgive myself.
b) Felix has never, ever confided in me.
a) I can never, ever, forgive myself.
b) Felix has never, ever confided in me.
7. Use ever em perguntas começadas com pronomes interrogativos como why, when e who quando quiser enfatizar sua surpresa ou choque.
Exemplos:
a) Why ever (Por que é que) didn’t you tell me?
b) When ever (Quando é que) am I going to see you again?
c) Who ever (Quem é que) heard of a thing like that?
a) Why ever (Por que é que) didn’t you tell me?
b) When ever (Quando é que) am I going to see you again?
c) Who ever (Quem é que) heard of a thing like that?
8. A expressão ever since significa desde que, para indicar que algo está acontecendo sempre a partir de um determinado momento.
Exemplos:
a) He’s been there ever since you left!
b) Ever since we moved last year, I worry a lot about whether I can handle this new job.
c) I simply gave in to him, and I’ve regretted it ever since.
a) He’s been there ever since you left!
b) Ever since we moved last year, I worry a lot about whether I can handle this new job.
c) I simply gave in to him, and I’ve regretted it ever since.
9. Use ever nas expressões ever such e ever so para enfatizar que alguém ou algo tem uma qualidade particular, especialmente quando você exprime entusiasmo ou gratidão.
Exemplos:
a) When I met John he was ever such a good dancer.
b) This is in ever such good condition.
c) I like him ever so much.
d) I’m ever so grateful.
a) When I met John he was ever such a good dancer.
b) This is in ever such good condition.
c) I like him ever so much.
d) I’m ever so grateful.
10. Use a expressão all (someone) ever does quando quiser enfatizar que alguém faz a mesma coisa toda hora e isso aborrece você.
Exemplos:
a) All she ever does is whinge and complain.
b) All he ever does is discuss the same boring list of medications.
a) All she ever does is whinge and complain.
b) All he ever does is discuss the same boring list of medications.
11. Use as ever para indicar que o comportamento de algo ou de alguém não é comum porque se repete com muita frequência. Equivale ao português como sempre.
Exemplos:
a) As ever, the meals are primarily fish-based.
b) He was by himself, alone, as ever.
a) As ever, the meals are primarily fish-based.
b) He was by himself, alone, as ever.
12. Você pode escrever Yours ever ou Ever yours no final de uma carta antes de assinar seu nome, como forma de afeição.
13. Use ever em adjetivos tais como ever-present behavior; ever recurrent complaint ou ever-increasing population para mostrar que algo existe ou continua todo o tempo. Nesse caso, ever significa sempre.
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