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Gene93 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

at present/currently

Hello,
Can they be used in: "At present, I am working as a bartender" and "We currently don't have any more information"?

Does the first one sound odd? It does to me (only little).
Thank you
  

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" At present,I am working as a bartender " is fine And as for the second, currently with present continuous sounds more natural to my ears. I would say this: For the time being, we do not have any more information.

— Vsuresh

  • " At present,I am working as a bartender " is fine And as for the second, currently with present continuous sounds more natural to my ears.
  • I would say this: For the time being, we do not have any more information.
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"At present,I am working as a bartender" is fine

And as for the second, currently with present continuous sounds more natural to my ears.

I would say this:

For the time being, we do not have any more information.
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In the US you'd more likely hear the following, for the first one:

I'm currently working as a bartender.

At the present time I'm working as a bartender.

The second sentence is awkward, because the words "any more" do not go well with words like "currently" and "presently." In the US, you'd more likely hear the following:

We don't have any more information at th
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Do you think there would be any difference between "at present" and "at the present time"? Does "at present" sound odd in AE?
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