CEVAPLA - English

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How I can say is correctly? Ever since I was little girl I always wanted to be actor. Or Since the time I was little girl I have wanted to be actor.

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Mithrawnurro profile picture MithrawnurroJanuary 2020
"Ever since I was a little girl, I have always wanted to be an actor/actress."
Important: present perfect tense (assuming this desire to be an actor still exists).
skyavvia13 profile picture skyavvia13January 2020

ever since i was a little girl, i wanted to be an actress.

AussieInBg profile picture AussieInBgJanuary 2021

”Ever since i was a little girl, I wanted to be an actor.” - primarily American English


”Ever since I was a little girl, I have always wanted to be an actor.” - much more common in British English.

Americans tend to put more emphasis on past events as being facts, hence would use a simple past form here. British English speakers on the other hand consider more often the relevance of past events to the present point of time - hence more often using present perfect.

AreYouAWhay profile picture AreYouAWhayJanuary 2019
“Ever since I was a little girl, I had always wanted to be an actress” is correct
‘Since’ should always have a specfic date or time, or it can be used in a sentence where there is no reference to time at all.
E.G.: Since he hadn’t studied, he didn’t pass the exam.

Ever Since, on the other hand, is used to imply that an action has been recurring from a specific time in the past until now, which, in this case, is ‘wanting to be an actress’. She had wanted to be an actress when she was young, and she also wants to now.

Hope this helps
  • bensonalan1957 profile picture bensonalan1957January 2020
    A bit sexist . I think an is the key ingredient. She wants to be a judge not a judgess . The actor/ actress is a hangover from the good old days
  • exRanger profile picture exRangerJanuary 2019
    The longer you work with it, the more you'll come to realize that English has a great deal more flexibility re: "word order" than persons who are merely, but not profoundly literate in its usage, realize or know.