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Question by  Cruentare (20)

What is the negation of never?

I know you can't say "not never" without people being confused?

 
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Answer by  Joven (163)

The negation of never would have the opposite meaning of never. Thus the negation of never would be the word always.

 
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Answer by  em (201)

The negation of never would have to be 'ever' or 'always'. There are also other words you can look up in a thesaurus that are similar to the words suggested above, but those two words suggested above would mean the exact opposite of never. Saying 'not never' would not only be grammatically incorrect but it sounds bad as well

 
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Answer by  drJ (841)

Instead of using a double negative (which is confusing and generally not good English) you can say "always" or "all the time. " Both of these have the opposite meaning from "never. "

 
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Answer by  traumatised (3285)

There are two common options: you can use either "always" (if you mean the complete polar opposite of never), or "sometimes" to simply negate it, and to indicate that it is "not quite never".

 
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Answer by  tamarawilhite (17883)

You can say: "not ever", as in "I will not ever do this". You can also say, "This is impossible, I will not consider this in any conditions. " Or state, "not under any conditions, not in any situation. "

 
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