Learn English – the uncontracted form of “won’t ever”

contractions

I read in a book lately:

This is my home and it won't ever be the same again.

I was wondering whether the proper uncontracted form would be:

This is my home and it will not ever be the same again.

Or:

This is my home and it will never be the same again.

Are all of the 3 above grammatical? Are there any differences between any of them?

I'm asking because the second sentence seems to be quite unnatural, although I can't find any reason why it should be grammatically incorrect. The same would apply to I would not ever …, but again, I have no idea why.

Best Answer

Won’t is certainly a contraction of will not (well, actually, the earlier woll not) and all three sentences are grammatical, including the second one. Ernest Hemingway wrote in ‘Across The River And Into The Trees’:

I will get into the motoscafo . . .and . . . we will not ever see one another again.

There is no difference in meaning between the three, but each might be used on different occasions.

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