How do you use by now?
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How do you use by now?
By-now sentence example
- According to my mother, I should be married by now .
- I thought maybe by now you would have adjusted.
- There was a good chance that human-Deidre was dead by now anyway.
- That wasn’t going to be the answer, and he must know that by now .
- He should’ve heard from one of them by now .
What’s the meaning of by now?
At some time in the near past. The server should have caught up with the increased traffic by now. adverb. 7.
What does it mean by now and then?
or now and again. phrase. If you say that something happens now and then or every now and again, you mean that it happens sometimes but not very often or regularly.
Why do people say by now?
In this phrase, by indicates the end of a particular period of time. I have to finish writing this answer by midnight. I expect the package to arrive by tomorrow. Of course now simply means the present moment, so by now means “a period of time ending at the present moment.”
What tense is used with by now?
2. You should have been in the class by now. Should present perfect tense be used if the time specifier is “by now”? now = at the moment.
Does by a date include that date?
Yes, it includes the date. By means not later than; at or before : I usually finish dinner by 7:00 p.m. → I usually finish dinner at or before 7:00 p.m. (7:00 p.m. ends at 7:00:59 p.m. just before 7:01 p.m.)
What is another word for by now?
What is another word for by now?
| already | by this time |
|---|---|
| hitherto | theretofore |
| earlier | as yet |
| thus far | yet |
| to date | until now |
How do you use now and then in a sentence?
Then-and-now Sentence Examples
- Well, she was only 10 then and now she’s going on 15.
- Keeping up with child stars then and now is quite easy, as they appear in tabloid headlines or turn up on popular talk shows with some frequency.
Is it then and now or than and now?
Than is used in comparisons as a conjunction (as in “she is younger than I am”) and as a preposition (“he is taller than me”). Then indicates time. It is used as an adverb (“I lived in Idaho then”), noun (“we’ll have to wait until then”), and adjective (“the then-governor”).