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| May 7, 2014 at 16:51 | vote | accept | CommunityBot | ||
| Apr 8, 2014 at 21:15 | comment | added | WS2 | I am British and have lived in Britain almost all my life, and this is the first time I have ever heard it suggested that 'presently' could mean 'currently'. Having said that I do tend to agree that its use to mean 'in a short while' has become quaint and archaic. as far as I'm concerned the word has disappeared from use. | |
| Apr 8, 2014 at 13:43 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | I'd imagine my position is typical. I've no particular "preference" for either usage. I'm perfectly familiar with both - and as you say, the intended sense is invariably obvious in context. But I doubt I've actually used the word myself (with either meaning) for decades. I consider it stuffy and stilted, as well as dated. | |
| Apr 8, 2014 at 13:13 | comment | added | user66974 | The 'lingering prejudice" is taken from the usage note from The American Dic, anyway your note that "presently" is a bit out-of-date is interesting. | |
| Apr 8, 2014 at 13:00 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | I'm not sure whether your "prejudice" reflects actual usage or pedantic opinion. It seems to me both usages are rather dated - we now use currently and shortly/soon | |
| Apr 8, 2014 at 12:40 | comment | added | user66974 | So the"prejudice" against its use, as highlighted in the Usage notes reported, is overstated in your opinion? | |
| Apr 8, 2014 at 12:35 | history | edited | user66974 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 8, 2014 at 12:35 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | Related: When and how did “momentarily” come to mean “in a moment”, rather than “for a moment”?. As this NGram shows, the presently=currently usage has become much more popular in recent decades (significantly more so in AmE than BrE). | |
| Apr 8, 2014 at 11:23 | answer | added | Chenmunka | timeline score: 2 | |
| Apr 8, 2014 at 11:18 | history | asked | user66974 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |