← Back to context Comment by threethirtytwo 1 day ago What do you mean I didn't know about it?I always knew much of my family, including me, had autism. 3 comments threethirtytwo Reply mapontosevenths 1 day ago You said "now have autism"? The "now" implies that they did not before, or that you at least did not know it before. threethirtytwo 20 hours ago No, now means they have autism right now. It does not imply the did not have it before. mapontosevenths 11 hours ago It can be interprted that way, but its a bit stilted. No worries though. English is famously confusing.It reminds me of: "I used to do drugs... I still do, but also I used to." - Mitch HedbergIts funny because nobody expects you to use the language that way, but logically its still valid.
mapontosevenths 1 day ago You said "now have autism"? The "now" implies that they did not before, or that you at least did not know it before. threethirtytwo 20 hours ago No, now means they have autism right now. It does not imply the did not have it before. mapontosevenths 11 hours ago It can be interprted that way, but its a bit stilted. No worries though. English is famously confusing.It reminds me of: "I used to do drugs... I still do, but also I used to." - Mitch HedbergIts funny because nobody expects you to use the language that way, but logically its still valid.
threethirtytwo 20 hours ago No, now means they have autism right now. It does not imply the did not have it before. mapontosevenths 11 hours ago It can be interprted that way, but its a bit stilted. No worries though. English is famously confusing.It reminds me of: "I used to do drugs... I still do, but also I used to." - Mitch HedbergIts funny because nobody expects you to use the language that way, but logically its still valid.
mapontosevenths 11 hours ago It can be interprted that way, but its a bit stilted. No worries though. English is famously confusing.It reminds me of: "I used to do drugs... I still do, but also I used to." - Mitch HedbergIts funny because nobody expects you to use the language that way, but logically its still valid.
You said "now have autism"? The "now" implies that they did not before, or that you at least did not know it before.
No, now means they have autism right now. It does not imply the did not have it before.
It can be interprted that way, but its a bit stilted. No worries though. English is famously confusing.
It reminds me of: "I used to do drugs... I still do, but also I used to." - Mitch Hedberg
Its funny because nobody expects you to use the language that way, but logically its still valid.