We are closing this now. vs We are now closing this.

Both phrases are correct and commonly used in English. They convey the same meaning, with a slight difference in emphasis. The first phrase places more emphasis on the action of closing, while the second phrase emphasizes the timing of the action.

Last updated: March 24, 2024 • 728 views

We are closing this now.

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to inform someone that a particular action, in this case, closing something, is happening at the present moment.

Examples:

We are closing this now, so please make sure you have everything you need.
I'm sorry, but we are closing this now. You can come back tomorrow.
We are closing this now, so please finish up your work quickly.

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Mr. Goodnight... The Governor's offices are closing now.
Your little eyes are closing now.
My people are closing in on him now.
All the streets are blocked off and they are closing the bridges right now.
We're closing up your leg now.
Yes. The gap is closing right now.
We are not able to make a projection in the four other are closing all their polls at this hour right now.
- I'm closing them now.
When you relinquished the Chair in May, during the last session here in Strasbourg, you said: 'I am now closing this session.
Pigs'll smell us if they're closing on Big Wallow now.
MAN: Lead, Viper 2 closing in on you now.
It'll be fine if we can sell 100 dinners between now and closing.
This has been a serious situation and I am relieved that we are now closing this security gap.
We are closing down vampire-run businesses.
- No, we are ending this now.
We're closing up now, lady.
She said, there, there's almost no traffic in here because... the military are closing this whole coastline in two days.
Torpedoes, 500 meters, closing now very quickly.
Mistress Nebula, we are closing in on Korath's ship.
We are closing the surgical floor and shipping our patients out to Mercy West and Seattle Presbyterian.

Alternatives:

We are now closing this.
We are going to close this now.
We are about to close this now.
We are in the process of closing this now.
We are about to finish this now.

We are now closing this.

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that the action of closing something is happening at this moment.

Examples:

We are now closing this, so please make your final purchases.
I'm sorry, but we are now closing this. You can return tomorrow.
We are now closing this, so please exit the building.

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This has been a serious situation and I am relieved that we are now closing this security gap.
When you relinquished the Chair in May, during the last session here in Strasbourg, you said: 'I am now closing this session.
Due to Port Authority Security regulations, the station is now closing.
It'll be fine if we can sell 100 dinners between now and closing.
Would be fine if we can 100 customers have now and the closing.
Conciliation was initiated, and we are now seeing the result of this.
We are now faced with a tragic example of this.
I'll now hear closing statements.
Mr. Goodnight... The Governor's offices are closing now.
Your little eyes are closing now.
The conciliation concerning public procurement, which we are now to debate, is an expression of this.
We have a track record of ignoring whistleblowers and financial problems alike and we are now faced with this.
We are now in the process of creating a vigorously competitive system, and it is not necessarily only European inventors who may benefit from this.
The problem is that, compared to 1983-84, only one-fifth of producers have remained in the market, and we are now at risk of more farms closing down.
Torpedoes, 500 meters, closing now very quickly.
Yes. The gap is closing right now.
We are now 75 years down the line, and it is only right and proper that much attention should be devoted to what went wrong then and the many victims in this.
The socialists are now saying yes, we are backing the capitalists in this. I think they should look at this again.
I'll now make my closing statement.
We are now making the same mistake: we are seeking specific settlements and setting varying standards.

Alternatives:

We are closing this now.
We are going to close this now.
We are about to close this now.
We are in the process of closing this now.
We are about to finish this now.

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We are closing this now. vs We are now closing this.