now or nowadays❗🙋‍♀️

now還是nowadays?

Henry was often in car accidents before, but he drives safely now.
就表達而言，這句子的最後一個字now是可以用 nowadays來代替的。now強調「當下；現在，此刻」。nowadays強調「近來；當前；現階段」。

但是從下列句子就能感受到now跟nowadays意義不同：

1. Do you want to play basketball now? 說成Do you want to play basketball nowadays?就不合邏輯，雖然文法正確。
2. Joan never liked to play basketball before, but she seems to like it nowadays. 說成Joan never liked to play basketball before, but she seems to like it now. 就OK啊!
3. Let’s go somewhere now. 說成Let’s go somewhere nowadays.會很奇怪!
4. Kick bike is a thing of the past. It’s not popular nowadays.此處的nowadays可以改成now。

看出來了嗎？描述當下的動作用now (用nowadays就不合邏輯)；描述當前的趨勢用nowadays (但用now來代替也可以)。