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Bookmark or Share- difference - Use of 'since' and 'ever since' - English Language ...Ever since we met, we have been been good friends. His grandmother doesn’t go for walks on her own ever since she fell at the bus stop. My father has not smiled ever since my mother died. To see the difference, here are two more examlpes: My back has been aching since I fell off the ladder. Ever since I fell off the ladder, my back aches.
- Tense when saying "This is the first time I"This is the first time I have ever eaten sushi. Perfect tenses refer to completed or "not relevant anymore" things. You may still be eating the sushi, but you have checked off the "first time" box, so to speak, so logically speaking your "first time" is completed. You would use past perfect tense if you were talking about your first time in the ...
- past tense - "Did you ever go?" or "Have you ever been?" - English ...Which answers would you pick as correct? Is it possible that both (Did you ever go/ Have you ever been?) are correct? A: France is the best country I've ever been. Did you ever go/ Have you ever b...
- This was the first time I'd been abroad or this was the first time I ...Whereas if that speaker is saying "I'm here today for the first time", we'd phrase it to "He said it was his first time there". So why would the abovementioned writer say "it was the first time I'd been abroad" if rephrasing it to the "original state", as if it reported speech, would be "It is the first time I was abroad" while it's supposed to ...
- Since this is the first time this happened or Since this is the first ...You went over your usage. Since this is the first time this has happened, I'll just be... You would use the word "it" in a more indirect context, like if you were telling a story about something that happened repeatedly in the past. You went over your usage many times this year. The first time it happened, I converted...
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