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result until now vs result so far

Both phrases are correct and commonly used in English. They are interchangeable and convey the same meaning. The choice between 'result until now' and 'result so far' depends on personal preference or the specific context in which they are used.

Last updated: March 26, 2024 • 1676 views

result until now

This phrase is correct and commonly used to indicate the outcome or findings up to the present moment.

This phrase is used to describe the current status or findings of a situation or process up to the present time.
  • The actual results until now have borne out the Herlitz Group's expectations.
  • Considering the positive outcome of the consultations and the steps taken by the interim government since, especially lifting the state of emergency and agreeing in principle to a roadmap for election, the results until now of this process are considered as being globally positive.
  • Takes note of the development of appropriate training programmes for junior auditors and the modernisation of the informatics sector initiated last year and expects to have more information on the result achieved until now of these initiatives;
  • Takes note of the development of appropriate training programmes for junior auditors and the modernisation of the informatics sector initiated last year and expects to have more information on the result achieved until now of these initiatives;
  • Until now the labels used have given satisfactory results in terms of differentiation of supply and demand.
  • As a result, money will be invested sensibly and efficiently, as it has been until now.
  • However, until now the results of the summit in Lisbon have essentially been glossed over.
  • Work here is difficult, and until now a definite result has not been achieved.
  • Up until now it has been hard to see any results that justify this budget line in the EU's finances.
  • Until now we issued recommendations on the efforts required and hoped for a result, but that result was in the same spirit as the written forecast.
  • According to Mr Ceipec the authorities in Sofia promised to make efforts to prevent the traffic, but until now there are no results to be seen.
  • I think that the Commission needs to be much quicker than it has been up until now about finally tabling the results of its investigations into whether there are, in fact, restrictive agreements between the banks.
  • In my opinion, the solution prescribed may generate a lack of confidence which, in the long term, will result in an even slower process than we have had until now.
  • We agree, however, that this is the result of a policy which has been pursued up until now, that is to say a result of what has happened.
  • The result of this imposition is a paradoxical phenomenon and I shall not criticize it now, but I should just point out that, until now, no legal basis or clear procedure for implementing this idea put forward by the Council have been found.
  • We refuse to consider the individual as a variable or piece of economic data, as all policies on the left or the right invariably have done up until now, and without any encouraging or positive future result.
  • The policy adopted by the European Union until now, in other words the policy of critical dialogue, however correct as a theoretical concept, has brought no results but rather, the opposite.
  • The pleasing result that the codecision procedure has had up until now is due, to a large extent, to the coherent way in which Parliament has worked, and it has done so from first reading through to the conclusion.
  • As a result, the Commission should continue to perform these activities carried out until now on a temporary basis, ensuring that the protection of the euro coins is carried out on a basis of stability and independence.
  • At worst, transportation may result in illnesses such as rabies being spread to countries that, until now, have been free from rabies, possibly including new EU countries.

Alternatives:

  • result so far
  • outcome up to now
  • progress up to now
  • current result
  • current outcome

result so far

This phrase is correct and commonly used to indicate the outcome or findings up to the present moment.

This phrase is used to describe the current status or findings of a situation or process up to the present time.
  • A very important result so far has been the Kyoto Protocol.
  • The Parliament has been calling for her release for the last 9 years, with no result so far.
  • The result so far is that more and more Member States have now started using exceptions in order to solve this problem.
  • The most important and tangible result so far is that a debate has begun and a certain degree of political differentiation has started to emerge in Turkey.
  • Those directly affected have increasingly complained and made representations to the authorities, but without any result so far, despite the fact that it is generally recognised that infringements and illegal activities have taken place in the Psyrri district.
  • Those directly affected have increasingly complained and made representations to the authorities, but without any result so far, despite the fact that it is generally recognised that infringements and illegal activities have taken place in the Psyrri district.
  • But the results so far are inconclusive.
  • The results so far are not very satisfactory.
  • They are a highly positive experiment that has produced good results so far.
  • We have seen good results so far and we can reinforce these.
  • What are the results so far of the controls carried out by ESPEL regarding Third CSF projects? 2.
  • The results so far have been very encouraging.
  • The results so far show that approximately one third of the sampled batches have tested positive for salmonella.
  • I would, therefore, like to dwell briefly on the results so far.
  • So I encourage you, Madam Commissioner, coolly and rationally, to press ahead with this policy, which is difficult but has produced such good results so far.
  • As many earlier speakers have already said, it has not produced many results so far.
  • We need anything but fusion, on which we have spent billions without seeing any results so far.
  • Voluntary cooperation between states is, however, the European method which has produced the most positive results so far, from ARIANE to the Airbus.
  • However, the results so far remain limited owing to problems of implementation and the fact that a number of measures were only launched very recently.
  • The results so far have been, well, mixed, but no matter.

Alternatives:

  • result until now
  • outcome up to now
  • progress up to now
  • current result
  • current outcome

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