present perfect / simple past sentence
Hello,
What do you think about this sentence: Should it be in the present perfect or simple past?
1) Ever since he has become a doctor, he just came straight home and took care of his family.
Should I change the above sentence into one below? Are the sentences below correct grammaticaly?
a) Ever since he became a doctor, he has come straight home and taken care of his family.
b) Ever since he has become a doctor, he has come straight home and taken care of his family.
c) He has come straight home and taken care of his family ever since he became a doctor.
d) He became a doctor. Ever since, he has come straight home and taken care of his family.
Re: present perfect / simple past sentence
we use present perfect for something which has started in the past and its results are obvious till now. Therefore I'd say:
Ever since he became a doctor, he goes straight home and takes care of his family.
I hope it's right.
Re: present perfect / simple past sentence
a,c & d are OK. Becoming a doctor is finished, so should be in the past tense. ;-)