0
Samerrustom Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

Until now VS so far

Are/Is both of the following sentence have/has the same meaning?
I have three clients so far.
I have three clients until now.
  

Top answer

) The first one means you have been acquiring clients up to the present time, and you now have 3 clients. The second one is ungrammatical. ", which means you had three clients up to the present time, and then you suddenly lost them and now have no clients.

— Anonymous

  • ) The first one means you have been acquiring clients up to the present time, and you now have 3 clients.
  • The second one is ungrammatical.
  • ", which means you had three clients up to the present time, and then you suddenly lost them and now have no clients.
Free · every Monday

Get the Weekly English Kit 📬

New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.

5 Answers
0
(The following is US usage, which can differ from British usage.)

The first one means you have been acquiring clients up to the present time, and you now have 3 clients.

The second one is ungrammatical. I would be grammatical, for example, as: "I had three clients until now.", which means you had three clients up to the present time, and then you suddenly lost them and now have
0
0
samerrustomAre/Is Do both of the following sentences have has the same meaning?
No. The second one is not possible.

"until" shows the time when the situation ceases to exist.

I had three clients until Ju
0
0
Anonymous "I had three clients until now.", which means you had three clients up to the present time, and then you suddenly lost them and now have no clients.
Well, actually, you could still have two. It's just that you don't have three.

CJ
0
0
Thank you so much. I really like your correction way "strike and colours words".

I want to inform someone that I have 3 clients in my city. How could I inform him please?
Last week I was reading an article and they used so far in their post.
0
0
samerrustomI want to inform someone that I have 3 clients in my city. How could I inform him please?
Just as you wrote it above. I have three clients in my city. You can add so far if you wish.

CJ
0

Related Questions