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nowaday vs nowadays

"Nowadays" is used when comparing the way things are in the present to the way things were in the distant past.
Tip: If you aren't making this kind of comparison, don't use "nowadays." "Currently" or "presently" would be a better fit.
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Last updated: March 20, 2019 • 20498 views

nowaday

This phrase is not correct. Don't use it.

"Nowadays" is always written with an "s" at the end of the word.
  • ตัวอย่างประโยคที่ใช้คำว่า nowaday **** จาก Tanaka JP-EN Corpus. nowaday, The fact that nowadays fewer men smoke is a headache for the Japanese tobacco ...
  • Nowaday International Development Ltd is a reliable HK Milk Exporter, Manufacturer and trustable Hong Kong company at hktdc.com. Contact Nowaday  ...
  • The Gentleman's Library, a Nowaday Redux. Notes Toward the Creation of a Collection of the Most Important Works of Literature of All Time, Including Tales of  ...
  • "Nowaday's Clancy Can't Even Sing" was written by Young, Neil. (No other information is available for this lyric - would you like to add something today?).

Some alternatives from our editors:

  • nowadays
  • today
  • currently
  • now

nowadays

This phrase is correct.

The use of "nowadays" is limited to instances when a comparison is being made between the present and a prior time in history. (The comparison can be stated in the sentence, or it can be implied.)

Some examples from our editors:

  • CDs used to be a popular item, but nowadays, most people get music from streaming services.
  • Nowadays, kids don't have as much independence as they used to.
  • I don't like the design of that new handbag, but I guess it's in style nowadays.
  • Anything is possible with technology nowadays.
  • Orphanages nowadays are nothing like the past.
  • When you can't trust anyone easily nowadays...
  • No, nowadays people want something wittier.
  • Everybody has their own company nowadays.
  • Movies nowadays have too many special effects.
  • Samurai have become too extravagant nowadays.
  • No daughter nowadays could have done better.
  • Handmade goods are very expensive nowadays.
  • Divorce is becoming more common nowadays.
  • Everything becomes such a problem nowadays.
  • The principle of parliamentary immunity is nowadays outrageous.
  • All you kids want to do nowadays is move on, become real Americans.
  • The way they make things nowadays, such shoddy workmanship.
  • And you know how things are nowadays.
  • They can nowadays be found in all environmental media and contamination of groundwater is of particular concern.
  • It's so hard getting straight answers out of people nowadays.
  • ~ There's a pill for everything nowadays.
  • It's the kind of mapping we do with drones nowadays.
  • Everybody nowadays is just trying to eat sustainably.

Some alternatives from our editors:

  • today
  • currently
  • now

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