Postal services are now affected

[Winwin2011]

1. postal services are now affected by the coronavirus.
2. Postal services are now being affected by the coronavirus.

Which of the above is correct?

 

[emsr2d2]

There is a very basic error in sentence 1. It's not a grammatical error. It's not a spelling error. It's not a punctuation error. Can you spot it?

 

[Winwin2011]

There is a very basic error in sentence 1. It's not a grammatical error. It's not a spelling error. It's not a punctuation error. Can you spot it?

Hi emsr2d2,

Did I use "now" wrongly in sentence 1？

 

[teechar]

No. Your first sentence does not start with a capital letter.
I would use "have been impacted" instead of "are now affected" or "are now being affected" in that kind of sentence.

 

[emsr2d2]

Hi, Emsr2d2.

Did I use "now" wrongly in sentence 1？

No. That would have been a grammatical error. You don't need to think about it any longer because teechar has given you the answer.

 

[Tdol]

Which of the above is correct?

Of these, I'd use #2.