Uso do ever em inglês
Ever means ‘at any time’. It is mainly used in questions. In affirmative sentences we use always and in negative sentences we use never. Compare: Have you ever been to the US on holiday? (= at any time.) We always go to the US on holiday. (= every time) We never have holidays in the US. (= at no time) Ever does not mean always. I will always love you. (NOT I will ever love you.) In some compound expressions, however, ever is sometimes used to mean always. his ever-loving mother evergreen grass Ever also means always in forever, ever since and similar expressions. I have loved you ever since I met you. Ever is used mostly in questions. It is also used in negative sentences, but never is more usual than not ever. I never want to talk to you again. (More natural than ‘I don’t ever want to talk to you again.) Ever is also used after words expressing negative ideas (like nobody, hardly). Nobody ever helps me. We hardly ever visit t