I'm happy with the use of 'now' with the past. I have put a few polls up about it on the site and generally it is accepted, but in the poll on whether you can or cannot use 'now' with the past, the cannots are ahead, which is strange.
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- 12-Jul-2005, 08:42 #1M56 Guest
"Now" is my now and not yours. ;-) Do you find anything wrong with this sentence?
Three months after his father’s death, Dave was now running the shop.
- 12-Jul-2005, 10:41 #2
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Re: "Now" is my now and not yours. ;-)
- 12-Jul-2005, 12:41 #3M56 Guest Re: "Now" is my now and not yours. ;-) < but in the poll on whether you can or cannot use 'now' with the past, the cannots are ahead, which is strange. >
Originally Posted by tdol I'm happy with the use of 'now' with the past. I have put a few polls up about it on the site and generally it is accepted, but in the poll on whether you can or cannot use 'now' with the past, the cannots are ahead, which is strange.
And there are many native speakers among them.
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