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What does this mean?
"Not even ones"

Not even once did she talk to me—She never talked to me.
Not even once (but twice) did she talk to me—She talked to me more than one time.


Which one is correct?
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is belaruse portugal of eastern europe?
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>>51982695
eastern europe

but I need help with my stuff
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"Not even once" = "She never talked to me" is correct. The other one doesn't make sense, although it would make sense if you were to rephrase it as, "she talked to me not once but twice".

(also, I'd use "not once". "Not even once" sounds a bit awkward).
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>>51982891
But this "even" is just a quantifier or whatever they call it and we can leave it out

So it becomes like "Not (even) ones, but twice.."
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>>51982695
No
It is an independent meme country
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>>51983081
once*
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>>51983081
"Even" implies a limit. For example, "the rocket didn't even reach an altitude of 500m". So when you're saying "not even once", you're implying that it happened < 1 times. That's why it doesn't make sense to say "not even once but twice", because you're contradicting yourself.
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>>51983081
You don't leave it out, it signifies that she visited him less than once - or in other words, never.
My Russian is dreadful at best but thing of "even" a bit like "дaжe".
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>>51983424
Thank you, Canada.

Now I got it.
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>>51983424
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOrgLj9lOwk
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