: Re: Use of 'Now' in past tense The prologue of my story is past tense, then the rest will be present tense. I cannot figure how to word a sentence correctly to take out 'now' or to make it

@Alves689

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I don't think the tense is the issue. Nor is there any particular with the use of the word 'now'.

Your language is clunky, passive and suffers the common ailment of abuse of the 'verb' to be.

"Rayanne had found out SHE WAS pregnant shortly before SHE GOT sick. SHE WAS, now, five months pregnant."

There are usage differences between British English and US English but I'm guessing it is better written in the following form:

"Rayanne discovered she was pregnant shortly before she got sick. Now five months pregnant . . ."

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