Early last week, my friend John promised to visit me on Friday, but he never showed up.”
Should it be “…but he didn’t show up.” instead, because it is only one occasion that he did not show up? To me "never” implies forever never turning up.
never tuned up
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Re: never tuned up
Colloquially, "never did X" = "did not do X"