Timeline for Is the clause "I ever have" in the sentence "the best gift I ever have" grammatically correct?
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| Nov 28, 2020 at 11:21 | comment | added | jwpfox | “This is the best gift ever.” is quite acceptable and avoids a lot of the issues you are working with. | |
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| Oct 26, 2020 at 16:14 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | Please ask again underneath my Answer if you still have things you don't understand | |
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| Oct 26, 2020 at 15:25 | comment | added | Abita Yay | @FumbleFingersReinstateMonica Thank you 😊😊❤️Another question that comes up in my mind is that, does the phrase "I have ever had" fit to the context of future tense as in my example? Because "the best gift I have ever had" refers to the gift that I have already received, & does not refer to the gift that I WILL receive. How about the construction "the best gift I will ever have"? Does it sound more relevant to my initial intention that I write that phrase for the purpose of expressing future tense that the gift, which is presumably given or not, as the best give that I will ever receive? | |
| Oct 26, 2020 at 14:41 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | @Michael Harvey: Those are effectively Future Tense contexts. Even my example isn't the true "standard" Present Tense for something happening at time of speaking - it's a "continuous, habitual, timeless" usage (forced by ever, without which it would indeed mean the best I have right now). | |
| Oct 26, 2020 at 14:39 | comment | added | Michael Harvey | I can't see any problem with "If I get that Rolls, Royce, it will be the best gift I ever have". - The Best Meatballs You'll Ever Have (Recipes.com), | |
| Oct 26, 2020 at 14:36 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | The construction the best [noun] [subject] ever [verb], with [verb] as a present tense is relatively unusual, and doesn't really work in your context. It's possible to say something like I often go to expensive restaurants, but the best meal I ever have is the "Soup of the day", because I can't afford anything better. But there aren't many contexts where Present Tense best I ever have can be used, and yours isn't one of them. | |
| Oct 26, 2020 at 14:28 | comment | added | Kate Bunting | If you may or may not get it - That would be the best gift I could ever have. | |
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| Oct 26, 2020 at 14:14 | comment | added | Weather Vane | This will be the best gift ever. | |
| Oct 26, 2020 at 14:06 | comment | added | Abita Yay | Thank you for your corrections. Does it mean that my following instance "the best gift I ever have" is grammatically incorrect and makes no sense at all for the readers? Or is it still acceptable? | |
| Oct 26, 2020 at 13:59 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | "the best gift that I ever have" is not a "sentence" - it's a noun phrase. Valid phrasings for which are the best gift I [have] ever had - with or without that auxiliary had, which has no effect on the meaning (it's effectively a stylistic choice whether to include it). It might help you to consider the same text using the past tense verb received instead of had (where that instance of the verb "to have" is not an "auxiliary" - it's a full-blown verb with the meaning obtained, got, acquired). And optional ever here simply adds "emphasis". | |
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