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Discover LudwigThe phrase "I seldom ever" is not correct in standard English usage.
It is redundant because "seldom" already implies infrequency, making "ever" unnecessary. Example: "I seldom ever go to the movies anymore."
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"I seldom ever won a game when I got shut out," Feller says.
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At lake Assal To move at all Is seldom if ever done.
"I seldom, if ever, watch CNN," Trump claimed in December.
"Also, I seldom, if ever, watch CNN or MSNBC, both of which I consider Fake News.
"These days I seldom if ever hear the message that math and science do not matter for girls," she said, "yet I do still encounter the myth that many boys won't really need to write very much or very well once they leave school".
Another false story, this time in the Failing @nytimes, that I watch 4-8 hofrs of television a day - Wrong! Also, I seldom, if ever, watch CNN or MSNBC, both of which I consider Fake News.
I know that you're seldom ever left alone in your dressing room, there's always someone knocking on the door.
Luke Waterson, 25 Press officer I had an incredible, culturally enriching time, bouncing on buses through villages where westerners had seldom ever been seen.
He seldom ever overdrives".
The winner of a literary prize is sometimes surprised, often delighted, seldom ever disappointed.
But we seldom ever admit this — how often do you see a headline like "State Lucks Out Over Tech"?
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