2012年5月9日 · By now we should be in Melbourne. (emphasizes how much time has passed) I might say the first sentence if I know what time it is but do not know where we are (as is generally the case …

2013年2月5日 · Is there any difference between the two following sentences? We can't connect to Outlook right now. We can't connect to Outlook now.

2015年12月1日 · Now, then, and even perhaps words like yesterday stand in for temporal prepositional phrases like after I arrived. But just as pronouns are not nouns, and fail to meet a noun's diagnostic …

2016年6月14日 · 6 To be "in the now" means to be "completely focussed on what is happening to you now, not thinking about the past or future or anything which isn't immediately around you." That is, it's …

2014年11月28日 · It just seems like "from now on" would be used after something unfortunate had occurred - to insure an alternate outcome. "From now on, we won't try to hard-boil eggs in the …

2014年8月31日 · Just to clarify, I am not a native English speaker. I occasionally hear from other non-native English speakers the use of the phrase: "As of now" with the meaning of Currently. Initially I did ...

2021年9月6日 · Is this shortening (“from now on” → “from now”) possible without a change in the meaning? Would the short version sound normal or unusual? I welcome answers from …

The phrases up to now and until now are slightly stilted, and if they were used by a native English speaker I would infer some special meaning, that something significant has changed or is about to …

2017年1月3日 · I would argue that now know more strongly emphasizes the temporal aspect of the phrase, stressing the change in what you know from what you knew previously more than the …

2012年4月3日 · Now I am the main stake holder, all developers will have their wages halved. As a statement by itself it can be used to mean I am now the main stakeholder, but you have to put …