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Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Ranting currently; noshing presently!

How are things with you currently? I’ll be taking time off presently to nosh .

What’s the difference between “presently” and “currently”? T-I-M-E. “Currently” means happening now, at this time; “presently” refers to something that is expected to happen at a future time.

OK, at one time, the two words were synonymous. In England. Then the word sailed off to the U.S. in the 1600s, and the meanings were changed slightly — just to annoy the Brits! Some of the Loyalist Tories (or is that redundant?) clung to the old synonymous meaning. C’mon, get current! You aren’t in England anymore.

Currently, I am ranting on a blog. Presently, I will take a lunch break. Got it?

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