never / yet

[ratóncolorao]

Hello,

Can we put in the same sentence "never" and "yet", for example:

I have never seen him yet.
I have never been to Rome yet; however, I hope I will go there next year.

Thank you for your help

[SirGod]

* Not a teacher

It is possible, but it sounds a little bit unnatural to me. I would say either

I have never seen him.
I have never been to Rome; however, I hope I will go there next year.

or

I have not seen him yet.
I have not been to Rome yet; however, I hope I will go there next year.

[spongie]

Maybe instead of "yet", you could use "before".

I have never seen him before.
I have never been to Rome before; however, I hope I will go there next year.

[Barb_D]

Maybe instead of "yet", you could use "before".

I have never seen him before. This implies that you are seeing him now.
I have never been to Rome before; however, I hope I will go there next year. This doesn't work. The first part implies that you are there now, but the second part contradicts that.

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[spongie]

You're right Barb.
I didn't really think this through. That's embarrasing.