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Let's say you kissed a co-worker, after that you have been thinking of her incessantly. You say:
Ever since the day we kissed, I can't stop thinking about you.
Or
Since the day we kissed, I can't stop thinking about you.
What is difference between the two? (Sentence meaning)
"Ever since" is very idiomatic in this circumstance. It is such a common expression that it wouldn't occur to me (or most other people, I think) to start out that sentence with just plain "Since". However, either way is grammatical, and perfectly good English.
"Ever since the day we kissed ..." sounds slightly more emphatic/dramatic than simply "Since the day we kissed ...", but other than that both sentences have the very same meaning, and both sound fine.
