Currently, John is an artist

[Maybo]

I wrote a sentence, "Currently, John is an artist." My Friend changed it to "He is currently an artist."
What's the difference?

 

[GoesStation]

Please note that I have changed your thread title.


Extract from the Posting Guidelines:


"Thread titles should include all or part of the word/phrase being discussed."

 

[emsr2d2]

I wrote [STRIKE]a[/STRIKE] the sentence no comma here "Currently, John is an artist." My friend changed it to "He is currently an artist."
What's the difference?

Note my corrections above. Both sentences are correct and mean the same, though your friend's version fails to name John.

 

[Tarheel]

Saying that he is currently an artist seems to suggest that it is a stage he is going through. At any minute he might decide he wants to do something else.

 

[Rover_KE]

I wrote a sentence: "Currently, John is an artist."

What did you mean by that? What was the context?

 

[Maybo]

What did you mean by that? What was the context?

He used to be a teacher and now he is an artist doing ceramics.

 

[emsr2d2]

You probably want to make it clear that he makes ceramics. I assumed he was a painter.

 

[Tdol]

I wouldn't use either with the word artist- artists tend not to be doing a temporary lifestyle- they may be doing a temporary job, often not in the arts, but rarely do they talk about having quit being artists.