What's the difference between I haven't
and I have never?
I haven't versus I have never.
Sometimes they're exactly the same. You
could say I haven't seen that movie or
I've never seen that movie. Both of
these mean I haven't seen that movie in
my whole life. I've never seen it. Okay.
Um, just be careful not to say, "I
haven't never seen that movie." That
would be incorrect because it's a double
negative. You pick one or the other. I
haven't seen that movie or I've never
seen. I have never seen. But sometimes
we have a little bit of a difference
because I've never eaten sushi. Never
always means in my entire life. I've
never eaten sushi um in my whole life.
But we can use haven't when there's
something that I haven't done yet or I
haven't done recently but I probably
will later. Uh for example, if I say I
haven't eaten lunch yet means I haven't
eaten lunch from the beginning of the
day until now but I probably will later.
I wouldn't say I've never eaten lunch
because of course I've eaten lunch on
previous days in my life. Or I haven't
seen him lately. That means um I haven't
seen him recently uh but maybe I will
later or I have seen him other times in
the past but it was a long time ago but
I haven't seen him lately or recently.
Okay. So try to make a sentence uh with
I haven't and I've never using this
distinction uh between never being
something you've never done in your
whole life and haven't. Try to use one
that you haven't done recently or you
haven't done it yet uh today or this
week. So, for me, I've never gone
skydiving, and I probably never will go
skydiving. It's not something that
interests me at all. Um, but let's see
what's something I haven't done
recently. Uh, I haven't gone swimming
recently. Uh, it's been a few weeks
since the last time I went swimming. So,
I haven't gone swimming recently, but
I've never gone or been skydiving. All
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