Timeline for Formal way to say "by now"
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| Jul 16, 2019 at 14:03 | vote | accept | SelectorJS | ||
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| Jul 16, 2019 at 13:54 | comment | added | Jeff Morrow | @ JR You are absolutely correct in terms of meaning. But I suspect that the OP is contemplating a situation where someone's offer to do something has come too late to be useful. If that or a similar supposition is true, problem with the original example is social rather than linguistic. Good manners require responding appreciatively to proffered help, and the formulaic way to do so in English is with "thank you." | |
| Jul 16, 2019 at 13:25 | comment | added | J.R.♦ | Or, more closely mirroring the OP's sentence: There's no need for further action; the data have already been processed. | |
| Jul 16, 2019 at 13:17 | history | answered | Jeff Morrow | CC BY-SA 4.0 |