Mechanics 101 For 11/7‏

[Comsie]

Another very simple question this week. Is 'nowadays' a word?

 

If you say, "Nowadays, gay teens are a lot more accepted than when I grew up." Is that a literary mistake? If you spell it out as 'now a days', it makes no sense at all. Is it a slang? Does it exist at all? Let us know!

[Gourdon]

Another very simple question this week. Is 'nowadays' a word?

 

If you say, "Nowadays, gay teens are a lot more accepted than when I grew up." Is that a literary mistake? If you spell it out as 'now a days', it makes no sense at all. Is it a slang? Does it exist at all? Let us know!

 

 

It is indeed a valid word, an a good one at that.

 

Nowadays : at the present time

Etymology: Middle English now a dayes, from ¹now + a dayes during the day Date: 14th century