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Monday, April 6, 2015

Lesson 329--Using Not Even


 
One interesting word in English is even.  The previous lesson and this lesson focus on using it both positively and negatively.  This lesson will be on the negative.

We use not even when we want to explain that someone doesn't do as much as we expected, especially if that thing is easy and should require no effort.

examples

He's so useless that he can't even comb his hair.
Wanda was so tired that she couldn't even take off her shoes before falling asleep.
Samantha wanted to leave but her girlfriend hadn't even started packing yet.

position

a) between the auxiliary verb and the main verb
b) after the verb be
c) before other verbs.