
Originally Posted by
eggcracker
Seeing from sentence 1, the sentence has some possibility in the future(If it sells....more later).
However, The sentence 2, containing for now as well as the sentence 1, seems like it(perhaps/maybe a rule or some regulation) is been shelved because of the high cost and the unclear fact whether the pressure of mouth swab exists in all Surrey's dog. From the sentence 2, I don't see any tentative solution which can improve the situation.
So, is it okay to change 'for now' put in bold into 'for the present' in the sentence 1 and replace for now with as of now in the sentence 2 in these contexts? And will the sentence 3 have the same meaning even after as of now is replaced with for now?
"for now" means the same as "for the present".
I would forget all about using "as of". I never use it and it's often ambiguous.
For sentence 2. it's irrelevant whether you or the Surrey parks manager can see a solution in the future. He is still saying "for now" and leaving the future open.3. "Time will only tell"? Any paragraph that can start like this is not a good exemplar. To be honest, I'm not exactly sure what "As of now" means in 3. - maybe "now", maybe nothing. This is the problem: "as of" can mean 'now', or "from now" or "up until now".
She probably means "at present", "as things stand right now". She probably doesn't mean "starting from now", which is one of the many meanings of "as of now".