Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Do you ever give up?

Dal contesto si capiva che volesse dire "Non ti arrendi mai?", ma 
perche' allora usare *ever* e non *never*? Un typo?
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 perche' allora usare ever e non never? 
Perché è un'interrogativa.

 Perché è un'interrogativa.
Chiedo scusa ma non capisco.
Se io scrivo "Do you always give up?"
Chiedo se ti arrendi sempre, invece se uso "ever" vuol dire "never"?
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 Chiedo se ti arrendi sempre, invece se uso "ever" vuol dire "never"?
Do you ever give up? = Ti arrendi mai?
Will you ever give up? = Ti arrenderai mai?
I never give up = Non mi arrendo mai
I don't ever give up = Non mi arrendo mai
I never ever give up! = Non mi arrendo mai, mai!
Never give up! = Non ti arrendere mai!
Don't you ever give up! = Non ti arrendere mai!
It's the first time I've ever given up = E' la prima volta che mi sia
mai arreso
Why do you never give up? = Perché non ti arrendi mai?
Do you always give up? = Ti arrendi sempre?
You always give up = Ti arrendi sempre
I don't always give up = Non mi arrendo sempre
All I ever wanted is to give up = Tutto quello che ho sempre
desiderato è arrendermi

 Do you ever give up? = Ti arrendi mai?
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Got it. Thanks you.
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Am I missing something ? What's wrong with 'Do you never give up?'
Mike 

 Am I missing something ? What's wrong with 'Do you never give up?'
Never said there is something wrong with that. 
Still, the reason there is "ever" in Akira's sentence is that it's an
interrogative sentence. It's not a typo like he seemed to think.
I think we are both right. :)
That said, I gather that "never" in a question is for enphasis, while
"ever" is more neutral.

 enphasis
"emphasis"

 Never said there is something wrong with that. 
O forse meglio "anything", anche se il "something" potrebbe valere
come direct quote, aggiungendo le virgolette.

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"Do you never give up?" means "Don't you ever give up?" which
pretty much means the same as "Do you ever give up?"
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Raymot
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 pretty much means the same as "Do you ever give up?"
Yes, pretty much, yet I see a shade of difference. Am I totally
wrong?
What do you make of this other example?
http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=29906


In "Don't you ever give up?",  the exasperated questioner expects the answer
to be "No, I never give up".
"Have you never thought of marrying?" also expects a negative answer.
"Do you ever give up?" and "Have you ever thought of marrying?" expect
positive answers, which would most likely be a description of the
circumstances when one might give up, or have thought of marrying.
Joe from Massachusetts

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When children are being annoying and are running around the house
interfering with their mother's work, she might ask sarcastically, "Don't
you children have anything better to do?". This is not really a question,
since the mother knows that the children have nothing better to do, and they
won't have an answer for her, or else they will answer "No!", in keeping
with the logic of children. Her question is really an expression of futility
over a situation which she cannot change.
Joe from Massachusetts