Ghana Is Presently At The Cross-Road

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• GodBlessGhana 11 years ago

  the NDC government has disappointed Ghanaians and should go. wao, can't wait for 2016 to kick out the most incompetent president in the history of Ghana!

  the NDC government has disappointed Ghanaians and should go. wao, can't wait for 2016 to kick out the most incompetent president in the history of Ghana!

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• ghanaman 11 years ago

  Presently does not mean the same as "at present", but unfortunately, most people think the two are interchangeable. Clearly wrong.

  Presently does not mean the same as "at present", but unfortunately, most people think the two are interchangeable. Clearly wrong.

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• Nana Akwah, author of article 11 years ago

  Presently has two meanings:
  
  In a little while (the usual meaning - both UK and US)
  
  Currently (less usual - mostly US)
  
  However, there's rarely ambiguity, since the time contexts will differ between the two meanings. T ...
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  Presently has two meanings:
  
  In a little while (the usual meaning - both UK and US)
  
  Currently (less usual - mostly US)
  
  However, there's rarely ambiguity, since the time contexts will differ between the two meanings. Together with a future sense, presently always has the meaning of in a little while (and both the UK and the US use it this way):
  
  He will follow presently.
  
  And when used with the present tense, presently always means currently (unusual in the UK):
  
  He is presently in the dining room.
  
  The moral: prefer at present or similar word/phrase to presently when you mean now. As the context of your quote says:
  
  Clichés and jargon phrases tend to be wordy. ‘At this present moment in time’ is longer and less pleasant than either ‘now’ or ‘at present’. ‘Presently’ should be used with care until the Anglo-American difference of meaning has been resolved.
  
  (Emphasis mine)

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