We always say:
I have never been to London.
But is it possible to say:
I haven't ever been to London.
Or
I haven't been to London.
The task was:
Find a mistake in the following sentence: "She hasn't never been to London."
So, here "not" is unnecessary. But I have a question regarding this construction. Can I use the word "ever" in this kind of sentences? Can I say "I haven't ever been to London."? I've found the information that ever is rather used in the interrogative sentences ("Have you ever been to London?" or "Haven't you ever been to London?") than in the affirmative ones.
She hasn't never been to London.
- it could be that she is falsely claiming to have never been to London. In speech, there would be change in intonation and a pause betweenhasn't
andnever
. In writing, that idea would be conveyed using quotation marks :She hasn't "never been to London".