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Cat desk Posted 8 years ago
Grammar
Tense to use with "until now"
Hi there, which tense should I use with until now?
Here are the examples:
Here are the examples:
- I paid my electric bills until now.
- I have paid my electric bills until now.
- I had paid my electric bills until now.
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The appropriate tense seems to be "have paid", but the exact intention of the sentence is not certain without more context. I most readily understand it as implying that you no longer intend to (or are able to) pay the bills. It should be "electricity bills", not "electric bills".
- The appropriate tense seems to be "have paid", but the exact intention of the sentence is not certain without more context.
- I most readily understand it as implying that you no longer intend to (or are able to) pay the bills.
- It should be "electricity bills", not "electric bills".
- An "electric bill" would be a bill powered by electricity.
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The appropriate tense seems to be "have paid", but the exact intention of the sentence is not certain without more context. I most readily understand it as implying that you no longer intend to (or are able to) pay the bills.
It should be "electricity bills", not "electric bills". An "electric bill" would b
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