Pengertian dan Penggunaan Nowadays, These Days, dan Today
Nowadays, these days, dan today sama-sama dapat digunakan sebagai adverbial of time (kata keterangan waktu) untuk arti “at the present time, in contrast with the past” (saat ini, berbeda dengan di masa lalu). These days lebih informal, sementara today agak lebih formal pada penggunaan tersebut.
Hanya today yang dapat digunakan sebagai noun (kata benda). Kata ini dapat diikuti possessive form ’s + noun untuk menunjukkan bahwa kata tersebut memiliki sesuatu. Selain itu, today dapat pula berada setelah noun + preposition “of” sebagai object of preposition.Lihat juga:
- Almost vs. Nearly
- Especially vs. Specially
- Awhile vs. A While
- Later vs. Latter
- Some Time, Sometime, Sometimes
Contoh Kalimat Nowadays, These Days, dan Today
| No | Contoh Kalimat Nowadays, These Days, dan Today |
|---|---|
| 1 | Lots of people use social media nowadays. (Banyak orang menggunakan social media saat ini.) |
| 2 | Nowadays, many students have part-time jobs. (Saat ini banyak pelajar memiliki pekerjaan paruh waktu.) |
| 3 | Why are so many people unreliable and fake these days? (Mengapa sangat banyak orang tidak dapat dipercaya dan palsu saat ini?) |
| 4 | Many people today like to sit down and get work done in coffee shops. (Banyak orang saat ini suka duduk dan menyelesaikan pekerjaan mereka di kedai kopi.) |
| 5 | Today’s young people tend to be more educated than previous generations. (Anak muda saat ini cenderung lebih terdidik dari generasi-generasi sebelumnya.) |
| 6 | The youth of today is affected by media and technology. (Pemuda masa kini dipengaruhi oleh media dan teknologi.) |
Related Posts:
- At the Moment dan For the Moment
- Eventually (Adverb)
- Right / Rightly
- Never / Not Ever
- Almost / Nearly (Adverb)
- Any More / Anymore
- Maybe / Perhaps (Adverb)
- Ago (Adverb)
- Especially / Specially (Adverb)
- For / Since
References:
- Nowadays, these days or today? http://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/nowadays-these-days-or-today. Accessed on June 4, 2017.
- Today. http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/today_1. Accessed on June 4, 2017.
- Today. http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/today_2. Accessed on June 4, 2017.
- Nowadays. http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/american_english/nowadays. Accessed on June 4, 2017.
- Nowadays. http://www.learnersdictionary.com/definition/nowadays. Accessed on June 4, 2017.
- Nowadays. http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/nowadays. Accessed on June 4, 2017.