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britfan

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Do I express me in English correctly this way?

I'm wondering all along, when did it attract your attention for the first time?
 

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Try I've been wondering when it first attracted your attention. This assumes that you added all along​ to convey a sense of an ongoing activity.
 

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I've been wondering when it first attracted your attention.

It is important to get some mental flexibility.
Hence a few alternative sentences.
So, please have also a look at these sentences.

I've been wondering when you first noticed/realized it.
I've been wondering when it first struck.
 

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So, please have [STRIKE]also[/STRIKE] a look also at these sentences.

I've been wondering when you first noticed [STRIKE]/realized[/STRIKE] it.

I've been wondering when it first struck you.
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