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Hi, there
Could you help me? On a website, I read(or have read??) this: "Notary qualifications: be at least 18 years old; not have nor ever had a restoration of civil rights" ... shouldn't it be "Not have not ever HAVE had a restoration of..."?
What about "(must) neither have nor ever have had a restoration of civil rights."?
Thank you very much!
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have is used in 2 ways -
1. to have something : Do you have a pen ? Have you had your dinner ?
This is used to say that you posses something.
2. finished something : I have finished my homework.
This is to say that you have completed a task recently.
Now when you want to say that something is not there with you in present time and also it was not there with you in the past ( never ) - "don't have nor ever had"
you don't have in present - don't have
you never ever had in past - never had
don't have and(+) never had = don't have nor ever had
Generally speaking "nor" is used with "neither" for example - Neither have nor ever had.
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Thank you, Prisca!! But is it really fine to say "neither have Nor ever have had" in this case?
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"Must neither have Nor ever have had"is fine
In this case "ever have had"and "ever had" does not make much difference. And putting "must" infront is not needed.
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Not have nor ever had means that you don't have it now and never had it in the past
Not have not ever have means you don't have it now and will not have it in the future
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