[Grammar] Can the word now be used with future tenses?

[cubezero3]

Hi, everyone.

It occurred to me that 'now' as a word can be used with past and present tenses. I wonder whether it may also be used with future tenses.

Many thanks

Richard

 

[charliedeut]

Can you give us an example of what you have in mind?

 

[cubezero3]

Sadly, I have nothing in mind.
I can think of cases in which now can be used with past tenses and present tenses, as in She was put on a diet and aquired a habit of jogging two hours on a daily basis. Three years passed and NOW she was smiling at the figure shown on a scale.
I would think it's not possible to have such a combination, though I may well be wrong, as proved in many a case.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Sadly, I have nothing in mind.
I can think of cases in which now can be used with past tenses and present tenses, as in She was put on a diet and aquired a habit of jogging two hours on a daily basis. Three years passed and NOW she was smiling at the figure shown on a scale.
I would think it's not possible to have such a combination, though I may well be wrong, as proved in many a case.

How about "Now we will move on to another topic"?
Now we are going to go shopping.
Now we will see how they react.

 

[cubezero3]

Thank you, Mike.

You answers have solved my question and consequently have raised another question which I only vaguely had in mind before you replied. Can now be used to indicate a time in the future while being used with future tenses?

Now she was smiling at the figure. - Here 'now' is a time in the past.
Now I am reading a book. - Here 'now' is a time when things are happening, well, right now.
Now we will see how they react. - It seems here 'now' is not a point or piece of time in the future.

Many thanks

 

[Tdol]

Sort of- you could say Now I'll leave in two weeks, but this implies that your timetable has changed and now refers to that. I'm struggling to think of a pure version with now.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Thank you, Mike.

You answers have solved my question and consequently have raised another question which I only vaguely had in mind before you replied. Can now be used to indicate a time in the future while being used with future tenses?

Now she was smiling at the figure. - Here 'now' is a time in the past.
Now I am reading a book. - Here 'now' is a time when things are happening, well, right now.
Now we will see how they react. - It seems here 'now' is not a point or piece of time in the future.

Many thanks

I would be difficult to have "now" refer to a time in the future.