since I've heard/since I heard

[ripley]

Hi, I'd like to know which sentence is ok
Thanks.
Rip
1) It's been a while since I've heard from you
2) It's been a while since I heard from you

 

[bhaisahab]

Hi, I'd like to know which sentence is OK
Thanks.
Rip
1) It's been a while since I've heard from you
2) It's been a while since I heard from you

The first one, if you put a full stop at the end.

 

[Raymott]

Hi, I'd like to know which sentence is ok
Thanks.
Rip
1) It's been a while since I've heard from you
2) It's been a while since I heard from you

The second also works, but is better with an adverb, "It's been a while since I heard from you last." - unless you've only heard from this person once.

 

[snowwhiteY2K]

The second also works, but is better with an adverb, "It's been a while since I heard from you last." - unless you've only heard from this person once.

Example:
It's been ages since the last time we talked.

Is the above sentence correct?

And whenever we use the word 'last' in a sentence,then we have to use simple past tense with it?

And which tense do we use with "ever since"?
Example:He has changed a lot ever since.(Is it correct?)


Thanks.

 

[Raymott]

Example:
It's been ages since the last time we talked.

Is the above sentence correct?
Yes it is.

And whenever we use the word 'last' in a sentence,then we have to use simple past tense with it?
No, sometimes the past perfect is possible. But this would be comparatively rare.

And which tense do we use with "ever since"?
Usually the simple past.

Example:He has changed a lot ever since.(Is it correct?)
No. "He has changed a lot since then."

Thanks.

"Ever since" means at every point of time from then until now.

"He has been getting fatter ever since his divorce" Correct.
"He has changed a lot since his divorce." Correct.
* "He has changed a lot ever since his divorce" Wrong

 

[snowwhiteY2K]

"Ever since" means at every point of time from then until now.

"He has been getting fatter ever since his divorce" Correct.
"He has changed a lot since his divorce." Correct.
* "He has changed a lot ever since his divorce" Wrong

Could you please explain to me the difference between 'ever since' and 'since then'.

Thanks

 

[Raymott]

Could you please explain to me the difference between 'ever since' and 'since then'.

Thanks

I just have.

 

[englishhobby]

ever since
1 : continually or often from a past time until now
▪ We both liked the idea and have been working on it ever since. [=since then] ▪ I went to the festival its first year and have been returning ever since.
2 : continually from the time in the past when : since
▪ She's wanted to be a firefighter ever since she was a young girl.

Go to Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary

The above example shows that the use of ever since is correct when you're talking about a repeated or permanent action while since then and since can be used to talk about a single action as well. (IMHO)

 

[jimmy04]

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Hi Raymott/teachers, I am wondering that why you said it "would be" ... in this case.
I also saw a lot of people use "would + bare infinitive" in daily conversation. what it really means and when to use it.
Moreover, what is different btw "would + bare infinitive" and "would have + V3". Pls help to make them clear with some examples.
Thanks in advance.

P/s: I 'd like to say sorry to step in like this but I think it is somehow acceptable and usefull for others.

 

[Raymott]

"
Hi Raymott/teachers, I am wondering that why you said it "would be" ... in this case.
I also saw a lot of people use "would + bare infinitive" in daily conversation. what it really means and when to use it.
Moreover, what is different btw "would + bare infinitive" and "would have + V3". Pls help to make them clear with some examples.
Thanks in advance.

P/s: I 'd like to say sorry to step in like this but I think it is somehow acceptable and usefull for others.

I said, "This would be comparatively rare" because it's conditional. I meant "If I looked up the corpora ... If I did a study on this." Also, "If somebody actually said this ..."
It is a way of saying "It is comparatively rare", when you don't have the statistics to back up that statement, but you're pretty sure it's true.

Your further questions are unrelated to this thread. You should post a new thread for a new topic.

 

[TheParser]

I also saw a lot of people use "would + bare infinitive" in daily conversation. what it really means and when to use it.

Jimmy,


If you will check the list of threads this morning, you will see a thread

entitled WOULD. If you click it on, the posts in that thread may answer

some of your questions re: would + bare infintive.

 

[snowwhiteY2K]

Jimmy,


If you will check the list of threads this morning, you will see a thread

entitled WOULD. If you click it on, the posts in that thread may answer

some of your questions re: would + bare infintive.

Could you please post that link over here.
I tried to search that thread but could not find it.
I would be very grateful if you could post it over here.

 

[TheParser]

Could you please post that link over here.
I tried to search that thread but could not find it.
I would be very grateful if you could post it over here.

Oh, I am much too stupid to know how to link. But it is now listed only four or five

threads below this thread. The title is simply WOULD.

 

[bhaisahab]

Could you please post that link over here.
I tried to search that thread but could not find it.
I would be very grateful if you could post it over here.

It's the tenth post down from the top of the first page of the "Ask a Teacher" forum.

 

[snowwhiteY2K]

https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/ask-teacher/164988-would.html

This one.
Thanks.

 

[jimmy04]

I said, "This would be comparatively rare" because it's conditional. I meant "If I looked up the corpora ... If I did a study on this." Also, "If somebody actually said this ..."

Raymott, if you said it is conditional, type 2 of If clause named "Untrue in the present/future", isn't it? So you mean that this truly isn't comparative rare, don't you? It kind of doesn't make sense when it is supposed to be that you are pretty sure it is true.

By the way, I've just made a new thread about this issue. Hope everyone to help me out.Thanks ;-)