no next time ?

" I only helped once, no next time OK ! "

Is this question alright, especially the use of ' no next time ' ?

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Originally Posted by whl626

" I only helped once, no next time OK ! "

Is this question alright, especially the use of ' no next time ' ?

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It's a statement, and "yes" it's weird. :D

"no next time" means, there won't be a next time, I won't help you again.

I find the use of past tense 'helped' with future 'next time' a bit awkward. The simple present would work better since it expresses a habit:

I only help once, no next time.

Also, it would make more sense if 'only' comes after 'help':

I help only once, no next time.

And then added -s to 'times':

I help only once, no next times.

Or, made it into two sentences:

I help out only once. There is no next time.

What a sad thing to say. :cry:

You could also say: "I helped you once, but there won't be a next time."

:(

This won't happen in usingenglish for sure :). Thanks, tell you what the sentence I put up sounds very broken to me as people always say this here. Sort of direct translation, but it is right just by coincidence, huh :).

We like next times here. ;-)