i have ever done vs i ever did

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'I have ever done' is used in present perfect tense to talk about experiences or actions that have happened at an unspecified time in the past. 'I ever did' is used in simple past tense to talk about specific actions that occurred at a known time in the past.

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i have ever done

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English in the present perfect tense to refer to experiences or actions that have occurred at an unspecified time in the past.

This phrase is used in the present perfect tense to talk about experiences or actions that have happened at an unspecified time in the past. It emphasizes the experience or action itself rather than when it occurred.

Examples:

I have ever done skydiving.
She has ever traveled to Europe.
Have you ever eaten sushi?
They have ever seen a ghost.
He has ever won a championship.

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It is the quietest work I have ever done.
For me the first ski descend of Ushba North was fulfilled dream and the most difficult extreme ski descent I have ever done.
I performed the best I have ever done.
The first ascent of the Torres Traverse was far and away the best climb I have ever done.
Because it's the best thing I have ever done.
And there is nothing I have ever done in my life that I regret more than that.
I knew I needed to get him out, so I did the stupidest thing I have ever done.
Look, I don't want to overstate this, but this omelet is easily the greatest thing I have ever done in the history of... ever.
"Helping children who have suffered the horror of war find some joy in life is the most satisfying work I have ever done," Ward said during his two-week stay in Lebanon.
I think it is the by far the best thing I have ever done.
"Highlight of the holiday!", "Great family adventure", "One of the best things I have ever done", or simply "excellent".
Of course I did, because despite what you might think this stalker book proves, you have nothing to do with me or anything I have ever done!
I had SO much fun doing this CAL with you all! And I mean you ALL - did you know that this was the most international CAL I have ever done?
Okay, look - that night was the one wild thing I have ever done in my entire life.
For anything I have ever done that hurt people.
For anything I have ever done that hurt people.
And that was the scariest surgery that I have ever done.
This is the best race I have ever done, concluded Dirk de Graaf.
But Amelia was there for me through the hardest thing that I have ever done.
I just sit there with everything I have ever done wrong.

Alternatives:

I have done
I have experienced
I have tried

i ever did

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English in the simple past tense to refer to specific actions that occurred at a known time in the past.

This phrase is used in the simple past tense to talk about specific actions that occurred at a known time in the past. It is used to describe past events that are completed and have a definite time reference.

Examples:

I ever did my homework on time.
She ever did volunteer work.
Did you ever visit Paris?
They ever did a great job.
He ever did his best.

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The most dangerous thing I ever did.
Taking on her pretty face was the smartest thing I ever did.
The worst interview I ever did: William L. Shirer.
Leaving it was the Best thing I ever did.
It's the first drawing I ever did of Jemima.
Nothing I ever did will replace that.
Those videotapes are way more disturbing than anything I ever did.
But taking that leap was the best thing I ever did.
My little girl is the best thing I ever did.
That's better than I ever did.
Falling into the only exceptional thing... I ever did.
Wasn't easy, but, besides my wife and three kids, best thing I ever did.
Makes the worst thing I ever did seem insignificant.
It could be the worst thing I ever did.
It was the best work I ever did.
Best thing I ever did, marrying her.
Richard, going with my parents when they moved to South Haven was the stupidest thing I ever did.
Leaving Chester's Mill is the best thing I ever did.
And that's the best thing I ever did with my life.
This last act... was the only kindness I ever did for her.

Alternatives:

I did
I completed
I performed

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