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"I don't know the last time, if ever, that this has happened" How it happened is a mystery. "I don't know the last time, if ever, that this has happened" on the Chicago Transit Authority system, spokesman Brian Steele said. "I don't know the last time, if ever, that this has happened" What does that mean? I am wondering! Please help me understanding the sentence! Thanks!

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It means that there's a possibility that an event like that one has never happened before. "I don't know the last time that this has happened", would imply that it has happened before, but probably a long time ago. "if ever" introduces the question of whether it might have never happened at all.
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That means that person doesn't remember if that has ever happened. Or it has happened really long time ago.
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"I don't know the last time, if ever, that this has happened" the person is not sure that if the event has ever happened before. maybe it did, but maybe it did not.

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