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Grammar usage; Never, never give up or never, ever give up



 
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Tense in since-clause | Except (to) V (We had nothing to do except to look at the cinema posters.)
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Grammar usage; Never, never give up or never, ever give up #1 (permalink) Sat Aug 09, 2008 0:23 am   Grammar usage; Never, never give up or never, ever give up
 

Which is correct:

Never, never give up or never, ever give up
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Grammar usage; Never, never give up or never, ever give up #2 (permalink) Sat Aug 09, 2008 2:10 am   Grammar usage; Never, never give up or never, ever give up
 

I don't think that "never, never" is wrong, but "never, ever" is more common.
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Grammar usage; Never, never give up or never, ever give up #3 (permalink) Sat Aug 09, 2008 3:37 am   Grammar usage; Never, never give up or never, ever give up
 

But I believe the quote from Winston Churchill -- that famously eloquent man -- uses all the "nevers" and no "evers".
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Grammar usage; Never, never give up or never, ever give up #4 (permalink) Sat Aug 09, 2008 8:40 am   Grammar usage; Never, never give up or never, ever give up
 

It makes me remember the song "Pretty boy" with the statement "I never ever loved no one before you"...
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