Ever since x Since

Metamorfose · Post by **Metamorfose** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 2:29 am

Again on the matter of 'ever'.

Is 'ever since' only more emphatic than 'since' or are there more implications?

Is I have lived here ever since 1984 acceptable? I guess not, but why?

José

fluffyhamster · Post by **fluffyhamster** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 2:34 am

Pure intuition this, but I suspect "ever since" appears more often in sentence-initial than mid-sentence position.

Your "...ever since 1984" sentence might be grammatically acceptable, but it is perhaps "overkill" in stylistic terms (i.e. "since" by itself is sufficient to convey the intended meaning).

woodcutter · Post by **woodcutter** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 2:36 am

I feel I would more likely use it to emphasize a really long stretch of time.