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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/22/2018 10:27 AM, mayqel qunenoS
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<div dir="auto">Suppose I want to say to someone "I have never
asked for your help". With the important detail being, that not
only have I not ever asked for his help, but I'm not going to
begin asking for it now either..</div>
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<div dir="auto">So, on one hand, I want to say "I have never asked
for your help", on the other hand though, my "not asking for his
help" still continues..</div>
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<div dir="auto">So, what do I write ? {not QaHlIj vIpoQ} ? {not
QaHlIj vIpoQpu'} ? {QaHlIj vIpoQpu'be'} ? {QaHlIj vIpoQbe'pu'} ?</div>
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<div dir="auto">Is there any difference between these choices ?</div>
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<p><i>I have never asked for your help</i> is saying that a
particular completed action did not occur. It does not consider
whether the hypothetical action is still not occurring.<br>
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<p><b>not QaHlIj vItlhobpu' / not QaHlIj vItlhobta'</b><i> I have
never asked for your help.</i></p>
<p><b>DaH QaHlIj vItlhobbe'</b><i> I do not ask for your help now.</i><br>
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