As of an hour ago
Andy: How about you? You taking the world by storm?
Prue: Well, I'm living back at Grams' house, and as of an hour ago, I'm looking for work.
1. What does “as of an hour ago”mean?
2. Should "I'm looking for work" be "I was looking for work" because It happend an hour ago?
Top answer
com is your friend. It actually has entries for "as of". " In other words, starting an hour ago, she is now looking for work.
- com is your friend.
- It actually has entries for "as of".
- " In other words, starting an hour ago, she is now looking for work.
- It isn't really in the past.
- She is now looking for work, and that began an hour ago.
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Onelook.com is your friend. It actually has entries for "as of". It is a two-word preposition that the Oxford Living Dictionaries says is "used to indicate the time or date from which something starts." In other words, starting an hour ago, she is now looking for work. It isn't really in the past. She is now looking for work, and that began an hour ago. I see your problem, but that's just how
0"I'm looking for work" refers to the person's present (and continuing) situation; "as of an hour ago" means that this situation started an hour ago (e.g. perhaps he was fired an hour ago). Although it may seem as if the tenses and time references are slightly mixed up, in practice this kind of combination is accepted in everyday language.
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