What's the exact difference between "if possible" and "if ever possible"?
For example:
If ever possible for you, please buy it.
If possible, please buy it.
Which one is more appropriate? Are there polite?
If possible vs. if ever possible
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Best Answer
They are both polite because of the "please."
They are both grammatical, but the first is perhaps not completely natural although the second is. I do not know that there are hard and fast rules about when ellipsis (omitting words that will be understood) is acceptable. The ellipsis in the first strikes me as being unlikely but not impossible for a native speaker to utter.
They have slightly different meanings.
The first literally means
It may not be intended literally; it may be intended to mean
Whether it means for the duration of my life or for the next five years or for the next year depends on context, but certainly longer than the normal course of dealing.
The second does not specify a duration. It will probably be interpreted to mean
In other words, both sentences are vague because they give no concrete indication of what the intended duration of the request may be.