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JimmyH Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Ever since..

You have been behaving strangely ever since your exams started.

Any corrections?
also, what is the structure of "EVER SINCE" sentences?

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Top answer

No corrections. ever since = from the time your exams started up to the present

  • No corrections.
  • ever since = from the time your exams started up to the present
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No corrections.
ever since = from the time your exams started up to the present
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Huzaifa Asifwhat is the structure of "EVER SINCE" sentences?
Typically it's 'ever since' followed by a clause in the simple past that defines some point in time.

... ever since the war broke out.
... ever since Jack married Jill.
... ever since they built the new city hall.
... ever since Congress passed that bill.
... ever since you l
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As usual, CJ, you give a much more thorough answer. I hope others appreciate you as much as I do.
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Thanks, Philip.

(Sometimes I get carried away with the examples — if I have a day when my brain is working on overdrive.
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EVER SINCE is usually followed by simple past and what tense comes after that? Present perfect perhaps? As I have used it in a sentence in my post
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Huzaifa AsifEVER SINCE is usually followed by simple past and what tense comes after that?
Look at your own example.

You have been behaving strangely ever since your exams started.

What comes after that? Nothing. It's the end of the sentence.

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