ever since

Hi,

1. A lot has happened ever since we graduated.

2. Steele has not visited Arizona ever since he sold his house last October.

3. Darla's been really happy ever since she started work.

Which of the above sentence

3. Darla's been really happy ever since she started working.

The first one seems strange with ever.
I think some action or state which is continuously on-going needs to be expressed if you want to use ever.

CJ

Goodman3. Darla's been really happy ever since she started working.

Just to confirm. Is the sentence 'Darla's been really happy ever since she started work' wrong?

Has it to be changed to 'Darla's been really happy ever since she starte

Yoong Liat

Goodman3. Darla's been really happy ever since she started working.

Just to confirm. Is the sentence 'Darla's been really happy ever since she started work' wrong?
Has it to be changed to 'Darla's been real

3. Darla's been really happy ever since she started work.

4. Darla's been really happy since she started work.

I don't know whether sentence #3 is right or wrong.

But sentence # 4 is correct because it is quoted from Longman Advanced American Dictionary.

Yes, 3 is correct with 'started work'.
But with 'ever' in the sentence, I like 'started working' even better.

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Yankee
Like CJ, I do not like the first sentence with 'ever' in it. That sentence would be better with only the word 'since'. To me, "a lot has happened" is too general and can include too many different things. It doesn't have any kind of continuous/constant sense of a single activity.

I think this obser

Since / Since Then / Ever Since

These words are used to refer to an activity or condition that started in the past and continues in the present. For this reason we use the present perfect verb tense.

I started studying English in 1996.
I am still studying English.
I have been studying English for 10 years.
I have been studying English since 1996.
I have been

Over all, you are correct.