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LeeSang Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

The past perfect with "now"

hello? ^^

I found this sentence while studying English

I had now been in the United States of America something like five years,

working here and there as the inclination seized me, which I must confess, was not often.

I am wondering how can write "now" in the past perfect sentence.

in this sentence, what does "now" mean?

When can I use "now" with the past perfect?

Please help me......
  

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com now ... 6 : at the time referred to < now the trouble began> 7 : by this time <has been teaching now for twenty years> So now can mean "at this point in the narrative". You can use it with any tense when you intend this meaning.

— CalifJim

  • com now ...
  • 6 : at the time referred to < now the trouble began> 7 : by this time <has been teaching now for twenty years> So now can mean "at this point in the narrative".
  • You can use it with any tense when you intend this meaning.
  • Its usage with the past perfect is totally unremarkable in this respect.
  • CJ
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6: at the time referred to <now the trouble began>
7: by this time <has been teaching now for twenty years>

So now can mean "at this point in the narrative".

You can use it with any tense when you intend this meaning. Its usage with the past perfect is totally unremarkable
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