从来不, 从来没...过 and 从不 for “Never”
Use 从来不 for things someone never does, 从来没...过 for things that have never happened, and the shorter 从不 and 从没 in neater speech and writing.
Structure
从来 / 从 + 不 + verb (habit); 从来 / 从 + 没(有) + verb + 过 (experience)
从来 means “at any time up to now” and is almost always followed by a negative. 从来不 says someone never does something; 从来没…过 says something has never happened. 从 is a shorter form used in 从不 and 从没.
我从来没去过上海。
When to use 从来不, 从来没...过 and 从不 for “Never”
从来 goes before the verb and covers all the time from the past up to now. It is usually followed by 不 or 没: 从来不 + verb describes a habit or attitude, something a person never does (我从来不喝咖啡); 从来没(有) + verb + 过 describes experience, something that has never happened (我从来没去过上海). 从 is a shorter, slightly more written form that only appears as 从不 and 从没: 他从不迟到.
我从来不喝咖啡，喝了晚上睡不着。
I never drink coffee; if I do, I can’t sleep at night.
他每天都很准时，从不迟到。
He is always on time and is never late.
这种事我以前从来没听说过。
I had never heard of anything like this before.
爷爷从来不坐电梯，每天都走楼梯。
Grandpa never takes the lift; he walks up the stairs every day.
Pièges courants
- Don’t use 从来 for the future: say 我以后不会再去了, not 我以后从来不去.
- With 过 at the end, the negative must be 没: 从来没去过, not 从来不去过.
- 从 alone is only used this way before 不 or 没: 从不 and 从没, not 从喜欢.
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