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Jesusengland Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

She was now the president elect. / She was then the president elect.

Hello.

What is the difference in meaning?

a) She was now the president elect.
b) She was then the president elect.

Thanks.
  

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I think (a) would only be used in a narrative. "She had been depressed during the campaign. It had seemed that she would surely lose.

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  • I think (a) would only be used in a narrative.
  • "She had been depressed during the campaign.
  • It had seemed that she would surely lose.
  • But now her spirits were high.
  • " We're talking about a past time, but we use "now" to give the reader a sense of immediacy.
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I think (a) would only be used in a narrative. "She had been depressed during the campaign. It had seemed that she would surely lose. But now her spirits were high. Now she was the president elect." We're talking about a past time, but we use "now" to give the reader a sense of immediacy. (It would also be possible to use simple present in such a narrative.) "Lincoln had moments of doubt dur
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