2015年12月1日 · The previous question about now seems to be more focused on the dual usages of now as an adverb and a noun. However, grammars like Oxford Modern English Grammar list now as a preposition (p.76). Now, why in the world is now a preposition? If now is a preposition, how about the adverb immediately?

2013年2月5日 · Is there any difference between the two following sentences? We can't connect to Outlook right now. We can't connect to Outlook now.

2014年8月31日 · Offhand, I can think of no context where as is now could directly replace as of now without some other changes to maintain "grammaticality", regardless of the intended meaning.

2017年1月3日 · The sentence I'm writing goes like this: As much as I love the pure sciences, I know now a well-rounded education is valuable. But the words "know" and "now" are so similar that every time I re...

2016年6月14日 · To be "in the now" means to be "completely focussed on what is happening to you now, not thinking about the past or future or anything which isn't immediately around you." That is, it's a way of describing someone's attentional state. It is alternatively referred to as "living in the moment", or the state of "mindfulness".

2019年10月14日 · "Now", at the time the person is speaking, as opposed to, say six months ago when the war was raging. "We must reduce carbon emissions, now we know the harm they do." Previously we didn't know, but "now" that we do, we must do something.

Nowadays, the word is nowadays. You can find it in any dictionary (unlike now days). The better ones will also have the etymology: late 14c., contracted from Middle English nou adayes (mid-14c.), from now + adayes "during the day," with adverbial genitive (see day). As you can see, it used to be two words — seven centuries ago.

2015年8月4日 · Even henceforth is somewhat archaic. People frown upon it as American English but "going forward" is becoming popular. "From now on" would probably be the most common phrase used to mean henceforth. Regarding the origin - hence in this context means 'from now' or 'from here' and forth means onward, i.e. from now onwards or from here onwards.

There are lots of instances of "for now" where "for" and "now" just happen to be two words next to each other, and you certainly can't replace those with "for the time being". Aside from that, I consider them interchangeable.

I usually word it as: 2012 - current, which means it's still in the present time.