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New2grammar Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

As of now

0In what contexts 'As of now' is more appropriate than simply 'Now'? 02br
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00THE Chairman of Century Textiles and Industries, Mr B.K. Birla, says the group isnot looking at merging any BK Birla and AV Birla business 01b00as of now02b02br
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00I think Sachin is done with his career 01b00as of now02b02br
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00 01b00As of now02b00, that's exactly what we've done.02br
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00I feel there is a difference but I need help in distinguishing them.02br
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00Thanks in advance!0-
  

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0I have heard about as of today/a month/day but not 01i 00now. 0-

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0I have heard about as of today/a month/day but not 01i00now. 02i02br
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01i00as of: starting at a particular time and continuing from that time02i00 Regarding this explanation 1st and 2nd one seem more appropriate.0-
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0'As of now' is an expression meaning starting from this point forward. It is appropriately used in all of your examples to emphasise that the decision or action was activated from that point in time. 02br
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00Just using 'now' marks the point in time, but is less emphatic and potentially allows more ambiguity. For example, in your first sentence, just using 'now' might
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0Lil',02br
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00Is it natural to say " The parcel has arrived as of yesterday"?02br
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00Because I do know that 'has/have' + 'a time in the past' is wrong because there's no continuity in time to present, for example,02br
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00The parcel has arrived yesterday=> wrong.02br
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00The parcel arrived yesterday
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0Well, yes. You could say it, but there would probably be few occasions when you'd need to be that emphatic. Perhaps, for example, if you were in dispute with a delivery company you might say "The parcel has arrived as of yesterday, but I am still waiting for the documents which were supposed to be delivered with it".02br
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00If you were simply reporting the fact, though
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0Thank you Lil' for your advice in using this phrase and it does make sense to me.02br
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00I have one last question on this topic. The question is, which tense should be used with "as of yesterday", past or present?02br
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00A search on Google seems to give contradicting results:02br
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00The Henry Hub spot price 01b00
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