Hello! How is it going?
My question:
‘We had a letter last week. We haven?t heard since’
Can I use ?since then?instead of ?since? in
the sentence above?
Has?since?
and ?since then? got the same meaning?
By the way, I always say:
‘in the sentence ABOVE’
Is that right? Or should it be ‘in the ABOVE sentence’?
I know ‘above’ doesn?t work as an adjective but
I?m afraid things like that I have seen them written
both ways, i.e ‘in the sentence above’ ‘in the
above sentence’ Thanks a lot!
Jes?s.
Hi Jesus
Yes “since” and “since then” here mean the same thing.
Also “sentence above” or “above sentence” are both correct.
That’s not quite right, Jes?s. If you check a good dictionary, you will find “above” listed also as an adjective. Have a look: 
m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary
bartleby.com/61/15/A0021500.html
dictionary.cambridge.org/define. … &dict=CALD
thefreedictionary.com/above
Amy
Hello! Thanks both of you!
By the way, Could I use ‘ever since’ in that
sentence as well? Has it got the same meaning?
Thanks in advance
Jes?s
Hi Jes?s
My “feeling” says “ever since” is better used in a positive sentence rather than a negative one. Also, the word “ever” adds emphasis to the ‘time since then’ which would also usually mean that you’d use the present perfect continuous.
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I’d possibly use it this way:
“We had a letter last week and we’ve been waiting nervously for the next one ever since.”
“We got a letter last week and we’ve been trying to decipher it ever since.”
Amy