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Jack112 Posted 19 years ago
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around now

0 Is it possible to use 01b00'around now'02b00 for these sentences (#1 & 2)? Since 01b00'now' 02b00is now, meaning that you cannot go back in time, I suppose you can't use 'around now'. 02br
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00For example, it's 3 o'clock right now. I'll do it around 4 o'clock. Thus, I can do it around 3:55 or 4:05. Therefore, with 'around now', I can do it today but I can't go back in time and do it yesterday so 'around now' is incorrect?02br
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001. If those restrictions had been in place when I took my driving test, I 01b00would 02b00probably 01b00have done 02b00the test 01b00around now02b00.02br
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002. If those restrictions had been in place when I took my driving test, I 01b00would 02b00probably 01b00do 02b00the test 01b00around now02b00.02br
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00Basically, I want '01b00around now'02b00 to represent the previous month, this month, and next month.0-
  

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0 01font 00As you correctly stated, around now refers to a period of time that includes the past, present and future. 02br 02br 00He doesn't answer the phone. 02br 02font 0-

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  • 0 01font 00As you correctly stated, around now refers to a period of time that includes the past, present and future.
  • 02br 02br 00He doesn't answer the phone.
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0 01font00As you correctly stated, around now refers to a period of time that includes the past, present and future. So, I would suspect that it can only be used with the present simple verb tense.02br
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00My father usually gets home 01b00around02b00 6 o'clock in the evening.02br
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00It's 6 o'clock
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001. If those restrictions had been in place when I took my driving test, I 11b10would 12b10probably 11b10have done 12b10the test 11b10around now12b10.12br
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102. If those restrictions had been in place when I took my driving test, I 11b10would 12b10
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1font00You could use the continuous form. The second sentence sounds better to me. 02font02br
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01font001. If those restrictions had been in place when I took my driving test, I 01b00would 02b00probably 01b00have been doing 02b00the test 01b00around now0
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0Your two conditional sentences sound awkward to me, but not really because of 'around now'. Here is how I might reword:02br
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01i00If those restrictions had been in place when I took my driving test, I01b00 02b00would have probably had to wait until around now to take it. (i.e. I wouldn't have been able to take the test then.)02i0
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0 Other possibilities:02br
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01i001. If those restrictions had been in place when I took my driving test, I 01b00would 02b00probably 01b00have tried to 01font00pass02font00 02b00the test 01b00around/01font00about02font00
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