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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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now or by now?
hi guys! I need your help, a native's sense!!
I want to know if these sentences below make sense.
Jane left for her hometown early morning. His family is waiting for over an hour.
Jane should be here by now.
Jane should be here now.
The bus should have arrived by now.
The bus should have arrived now.
These two pairs of sentences means the same? or Either of them is correct?
If both of them are correct, please tell me the difference.
Lastly, Surfing the web, I saw the second one below(with 'now' , not 'by now') somewhere. Similarly I wonder if these two means the same or either of them is correct.
The window should have popped up automatically by now.
The window should have popped up automatically now.
thank you a lot in advance.
I want to know if these sentences below make sense.
Jane left for her hometown early morning. His family is waiting for over an hour.
Jane should be here by now.
Jane should be here now.
The bus should have arrived by now.
The bus should have arrived now.
These two pairs of sentences means the same? or Either of them is correct?
If both of them are correct, please tell me the difference.
Lastly, Surfing the web, I saw the second one below(with 'now' , not 'by now') somewhere. Similarly I wonder if these two means the same or either of them is correct.
The window should have popped up automatically by now.
The window should have popped up automatically now.
thank you a lot in advance.
Top answer
Jane left for her hometown early in the morning. Her family has been waiting for over an hour. Suppose that Jane left at 7:00 am.
- Jane left for her hometown early in the morning.
- Her family has been waiting for over an hour.
- Suppose that Jane left at 7:00 am.
- The bus trip takes 3 hours, but sometimes there is heavy traffic, and it can take 4 hours.
- You are waiting at the bus station with Jane's family.
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Jane left for her hometown early in the morning. Her family has been waiting for over an hour.
Suppose that Jane left at 7:00 am. The bus trip takes 3 hours, but sometimes there is heavy traffic, and it can take 4 hours.
You are waiting at the bus station with Jane's family. It is 11:00 am.
You say, "Jane should be here by now."
(You expected the bu
Suppose that Jane left at 7:00 am. The bus trip takes 3 hours, but sometimes there is heavy traffic, and it can take 4 hours.
You are waiting at the bus station with Jane's family. It is 11:00 am.
You say, "Jane should be here by now."
(You expected the bu
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First part of your question:
Jane left for her hometown early morning. Her family has been waiting for over an hour.
Jane should have been here by now.
The bus should have arrived by now.
I think the pairs of sentences that you mentioned with "by now" and "now" have the same meaning. You expect something to happen bu
Jane left for her hometown early morning. Her family has been waiting for over an hour.
Jane should have been here by now.
The bus should have arrived by now.
I think the pairs of sentences that you mentioned with "by now" and "now" have the same meaning. You expect something to happen bu
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