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You won't able to see the light of day ever again.

You won't able to see the light of day never again.

You won't able to see the light of day ever.

Which one is correct?

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  • None of them. They're all missing the syntactically required infinitive verb: You won't be able to see the light of day... Apr 17, 2021 at 13:10

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You won't able to see the light of day ever again.

You won't able to see the light of day never again.

You won't able to see the light of day ever.

see the light of day is defined as

if an object sees the light of day, it is brought out of a place where it has been for a long time

and hence is a valid phrase.

https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/see-the-light-of-day

All the examples, however, miss out the copula be. Further, example 2 has double-negative infringement, in its 'won't...never' construction.

With the insertion of be, examples 1 and 3 should be fine.

You will not be able to see the light of day ever again.

You will not be able to see the light of day ever.

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None of them are OK because they all omit the word "be" before "able" (thanks to @Kate Bunting for pointing that out). After adding the word "be" the sentences in the question can be understood as follows:

"You won't be able to see the light of day ever again." This is an OK phrasing. It suggests that they have previously seen the light of day, but are going to go somewhere (e.g., a deep dark dungeon) for the rest of their life.

"You won't be able to see the light of day never again." The two negatives (i.e., "won't" and "never") in this clash and lead to a non-sensical statement. However, I have heard some people mixing their negatives when talking and so this might be said by some people and mean the same as the first phrase.

"You won't be able to see the light of day ever.". This is OK, but seems clumsy or an unusual phrasing. Perhaps adding a comma to give "... of day, ever" would work. The "ever" then being used to emphasise the preceding part. But this would depend on other sentances to set the scene more clearly.

"You won't be ever be able to see the light of day.". Not stated in the question, but this (using "ever") may be a better variation of the third option.

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    It isn't OK, because it omits the word be (You won't be able). Apr 17, 2021 at 12:13

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