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Kooyeen Posted 19 years ago
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00Can I use "now" with past tenses? (especially the simple past)02br
00In these cases, "now" means something like "this time".02br
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01i00I saw it now! Now I saw it!02i00 (This time I succeeded in seeing it, I just saw it)02br
01i00The browser opened the page now. Now the browser opened the page.02i00 (This time the browser managed to open the page)02br
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0I often see01font00 now02font00 with past time reference.02br
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00Now that the kids were safe and sound ....0-
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0 Of course, 01b00now 02b00can assume the local time of the sentence. 0-
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0 6: at the time referred to <01i00now02i00 the trouble began>02br
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0 Thanks, 02br
00I meant something different though. The 01b01i00now02i02b00 I'm considering refers to now, this moment, not a moment in the past.02br
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01i00I saw it now! Now I saw it!02i00 (Now means "this time", and has not a past meaning: "I saw it this time!"). I'll show you this example in context:
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0hi there,02br
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00So you mean that 'now' in the example suggests a moment in the past?02br
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01cite10Kooyeen12cite10Thanks, 12br
10I meant something different though. The 11b11i10now12i12b10 I'm considering refers to now, this moment, not a moment in the past.12br
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11i10I saw it now! Now I saw it!12i10 (Now means "this time", and has not
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