{"id":20670,"date":"2022-11-10T10:36:45","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T10:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/?p=20670"},"modified":"2023-02-21T13:53:32","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T13:53:32","slug":"as-of-late-vs-lately-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/as-of-late-vs-lately-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;As of late&#8221; vs. &#8220;lately&#8221; \u2014 Here&#8217;s the Difference"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>img#mv-trellis-img-1::before{padding-top:150%; }img#mv-trellis-img-1{display:block;}<\/style><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A number of people tend to get confused about when to use &ldquo;as of late&rdquo; and &ldquo;lately,&rdquo; leading them to think that these two phrases can be used interchangeably.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We can surely avoid these errors if we know the right way to use the expressions &ldquo;lately&rdquo; and &ldquo;as of late&rdquo; as well as how to tell them apart.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ready or not, let&rsquo;s begin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the difference between &ldquo;as of late&rdquo; and &ldquo;lately&rdquo;?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Both &ldquo;as of late&rdquo; and &ldquo;lately&rdquo; are adverbs of time used to describe &ldquo;recent&rdquo; events, hence useful in news writing. Although both suggest the same meaning, &ldquo;as of late&rdquo; bears a more formal or &ldquo;fancier&rdquo; connotation than &ldquo;lately.&rdquo; Generally, &ldquo;lately&rdquo; is a more popular word choice than &ldquo;as of late.&rdquo;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Key differences between &ldquo;as of late&rdquo; and &ldquo;lately&rdquo;<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although &ldquo;lately&rdquo; and &ldquo;as of late&rdquo; suggest the same meaning, there are some subtle differences between the two.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;As of late&rdquo; is something that would more likely be used instead of &ldquo;lately&rdquo; when the goal of the speaker or writer is to sound more formal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Example:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-grey\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The patient&rsquo;s eating habits have changed<\/span><\/i><b><i> as of late<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Lately,&rdquo; on the other hand, is something we would notice when the speaker or writer aims to sound less prim and proper, making it a more common choice than &ldquo;as of late.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Example:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-grey\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have you seen Ellen <\/span><\/i><b><i>lately<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">? She looks quite pale.<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Late&rdquo; in &ldquo;as of late&rdquo; is an adjective &ndash; something that modifies a noun or pronoun. On the other hand, &ldquo;lately&rdquo; is an <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.southeastern.edu\/acad_research\/programs\/writing_center\/handouts\/pdf_handouts\/adverbs.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">adverb<\/a><\/strong> and as such it modifies a verb or another adverb.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a nutshell, you can use &ldquo;as of late&rdquo; and &ldquo;lately&rdquo; when we describe some event that happened not long ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, if we compare the two expressions, we can meanwhile understand that &ldquo;as of late&rdquo; is just a fancier way of saying &ldquo;lately.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>&ldquo;As of late&rdquo; vs. &ldquo;lately&rdquo; difference in semantics (meaning)<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;As of late&rdquo; may refer to actions or events that happened a while past or that are still continuing to happen in the relative present.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;As of late&rdquo; and &ldquo;lately&rdquo; are both used to answer the question &ldquo;just when?&rdquo; when describing events and observations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, we can understand that there is a certain nuance denoted by using each expression in real life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This nuance is related to the formality level denoted by each expression as well as the contexts in which each is better used.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;As of late&rdquo; is something we might observe in more<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.reading.ac.uk\/writing\/style\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>formal writing contexts<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> such as academic and business correspondence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On top of those, &ldquo;as of late&rdquo; is also suitable in formal speeches, such as academic and <a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/best-conversation-starters-for-business\/\">business conversations<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That said, we can also understand that &ldquo;lately&rdquo; is something better reserved in more relaxed writing and speaking scenarios.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As another example, you can also observe this kind of difference when choosing between <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/though-vs-although\/\"><b>&ldquo;though&rdquo; and &ldquo;although&rdquo;<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in speaking and writing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>&ldquo;As of late&rdquo; vs. &ldquo;lately&rdquo; difference in grammar<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The common denominator between &ldquo;as of late&rdquo; and &ldquo;lately&rdquo; is the word &ldquo;late.&rdquo; The way we use &ldquo;late&rdquo; as a separate word makes today&rsquo;s issue tricky.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To find out what makes &ldquo;as of late&rdquo; and &ldquo;lately&rdquo; confusing, let us compare each expression to the word &ldquo;late.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/As-of-late-vs.-Lately.jpg\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22393 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/As-of-late-vs.-Lately.jpg\" alt=\"As of late vs. Lately\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/As-of-late-vs.-Lately.jpg 924w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/As-of-late-vs.-Lately-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/As-of-late-vs.-Lately-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/As-of-late-vs.-Lately-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/As-of-late-vs.-Lately-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/As-of-late-vs.-Lately-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/As-of-late-vs.-Lately-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/As-of-late-vs.-Lately-150x225.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/As-of-late-vs.-Lately.jpg\"><\/noscript><img loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22393 size-full eager-load\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201000%201500'%3E%3Crect%20width='1000'%20height='1500'%20style='fill:%23e3e3e3'\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"As of late vs. Lately\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/As-of-late-vs.-Lately.jpg\" id=\"mv-trellis-img-1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/As-of-late-vs.-Lately.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/As-of-late-vs.-Lately.jpg 924w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/As-of-late-vs.-Lately-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/As-of-late-vs.-Lately-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/As-of-late-vs.-Lately-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/As-of-late-vs.-Lately-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/As-of-late-vs.-Lately-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/As-of-late-vs.-Lately-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/As-of-late-vs.-Lately-150x225.jpg 150w\" data-svg=\"1\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<h2><b>Distinguishing &ldquo;as of late&rdquo; vs. &ldquo;late&rdquo;<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;As of late&rdquo; capitalized on the word &ldquo;late&rdquo; &ndash; a word with multiple meanings that also belongs in two different parts of speech categories.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Late&rdquo; is both an adverb and an adjective. As an adverb, it could either mean &ldquo;after the agreed time&rdquo; or &ldquo;toward the end of a certain period.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, the complete phrase &ldquo;as of late&rdquo; is used differently from &ldquo;late.&rdquo; Hence, we cannot simply use &ldquo;late&rdquo; as a substitute for &ldquo;as of late&rdquo; if we mean to say &ldquo;recently.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Examples:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-grey\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(correct) Positive reviews about my blog have come out<\/span><\/i><b><i> as of late<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-grey\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(incorrect) Positive reviews about my blog have come out<\/span><\/i><b><i> late<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Looking at the examples, we also cannot use &ldquo;as of late&rdquo; as a convenient substitute for &ldquo;late&rdquo; if we mean to say &ldquo;not on time.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Examples:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-grey\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(correct) The delegates arrived<\/span><\/i><b><i> late<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> this morning.<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-grey\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(incorrect) The delegates arrived <\/span><\/i><b><i>as of late <\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this morning.<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To add, the word order used in &ldquo;as of late&rdquo; is also noticed in other related time phrases like &ldquo;as of the moment&rdquo; and &ldquo;as of now.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By the way, there is also an insanely interesting way to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/as-for-now-vs-as-of-now\/\"><b>distinguish &ldquo;as of now&rdquo; from &ldquo;as for now&rdquo;<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in English.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;As of now&rdquo; is used to mean &ldquo;at this moment,&rdquo; while &ldquo;as for now&rdquo; is something that means &ldquo;to start with.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don&rsquo;t get confused with these two expressions too to make your written and spoken work more meaningful and grammatically accurate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Distinguishing &ldquo;lately&rdquo; vs. &ldquo;late&rdquo;<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Lately&rdquo; is an adverb of time that tells us that the activity was done recently. On this note, &ldquo;lately&rdquo; is also not entirely the same as &ldquo;late.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Late&rdquo; is also not just a practical alternative for &ldquo;lately&rdquo; if we mean to say &ldquo;recently,&rdquo; such as in the examples below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Examples:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-grey\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(correct) <\/span><\/i><b><i>Lately<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, she&rsquo;s been spending more and more time in front of the mirror.<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-grey\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(incorrect) <\/span><\/i><b><i>Late<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, she&rsquo;s been spending more and more time in front of the mirror.<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If we mean the other way around, specifically to say that someone did not arrive on time, there is also no way to just easily use &ldquo;lately&rdquo; instead of &ldquo;late.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Examples:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-grey\">\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(correct) We got here <\/span><\/i><b><i>late<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> because of the snow.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-grey\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(incorrect) We got here <\/span><\/i><b><i>lately<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> because of the snow.<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To put things in perspective, we have to avoid using the word &ldquo;lately&rdquo; if we want to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/apology-letter-for-being-late-at-work\/\"><b>write an apology letter for being &ldquo;late&rdquo; at work<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or school.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the other hand, we also need to avoid using &ldquo;late&rdquo; if we only mean to say &ldquo;recently&rdquo; or &ldquo;not long ago,&rdquo; such as when describing a recent piece of news.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Distinguishing &ldquo;as of late&rdquo; vs. &ldquo;lately&rdquo;<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As of late&rdquo; is not a difficult phrase to bear in mind. Present-time usage of this is whenever or wherever you would like to use words like &ldquo;recently&rdquo; or &ldquo;these days.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But, there would be more value to using and choosing &ldquo;as of late&rdquo; instead of &ldquo;late&rdquo; in more formal or serious discussions, such as discussing world issues.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Example:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-grey\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The world economy has not been that good<\/span><\/i><b><i> as of late<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To avoid confusion and mistakes, stick with using &ldquo;lately&rdquo; when you have to describe events in the recent past in more casual conversations, such as chatting with friends.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Example:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-grey\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I haven&rsquo;t seen Maureen<\/span><\/i><b><i> lately<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Have you?<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<h2><strong>As of lately<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When we don&rsquo;t exactly know how certain English expressions work in real life, we might end up mixing things up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This situation can be observed in the use of &ldquo;as of lately,&rdquo; which is apparently incorrect, grammatically speaking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;As of late&rdquo; is already considered formulaic and stiff by many, so it would be best to steer clear of &ldquo;as of lately&rdquo; &ndash; that would be quite an overkill.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When we combine &ldquo;as of&rdquo; and &ldquo;lately,&rdquo; the resulting expression does not make any more sense.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although there are a few tracks on web pages of people using &ldquo;as of lately&rdquo;, this expression is grammatically invalid.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can be either &ldquo;as of late&rdquo; or &ldquo;lately&rdquo; but not a combination of the two.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Examples:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-grey\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(incorrect) <strong>As of lately<\/strong>, there have been quite a lot of issues in the country.<\/span><br>\n&nbsp;<br>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(correct) <strong>As of late<\/strong>, there have been quite a lot of issues in the country.<\/span><br>\n&nbsp;<br>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(correct) <strong>Lately<\/strong>, there have been quite a lot of issues in the country.<\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;As of&rdquo; is a bound expression, meaning it needs to be attached to another word to function correctly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is usually attached to a more specific adverb of time, like &ldquo;now,&rdquo; &ldquo;today,&rdquo; &ldquo;the moment,&rdquo; &ldquo;2023,&rdquo; &ldquo;January 13,&rdquo; &ldquo;6 a.m.,&rdquo; and so on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The usage of &ldquo;as of&rdquo; combined with a specific time expression provides a periodic sense that helps us in telling time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The tricky part of using &ldquo;as of&rdquo; is that it may suggest multiple meanings, such as &ldquo;since,&rdquo; &ldquo;on,&rdquo; or &ldquo;from.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;As of&rdquo; means &ldquo;since&rdquo; in the following sentence:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Example:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-grey\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This loan agreement has been effective <\/span><b>as of March 15, 2022<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<h2><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, &ldquo;as of&rdquo; means &ldquo;on&rdquo; in the next example:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Example:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-grey\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This agreement shall be in full force <\/span><b>as of the 3rd day of September 2023<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But, notice that &ldquo;as of&rdquo; means &ldquo;from&rdquo; here:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Example:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-grey\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This amendment is effective <\/span><b>as of 10th August 2023<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If make a rule out of the sentences above, verbs expressed in the present perfect tense like &ldquo;has been&rdquo; tend to make use of &ldquo;as of&rdquo; which means &ldquo;since.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the other hand, verbs that are expressed in the future tense like &ldquo;shall&rdquo; suggest &ldquo;as of&rdquo; which means &ldquo;on.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whereas, verbs that are in the simple present tense like &ldquo;is&rdquo; denotes the meaning &ldquo;from,&rdquo; as in the third example.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What we know of as the &ldquo;simple present tense&rdquo; entails a lot of interesting nuances, like the fact that it is not even technically called &ldquo;tense&rdquo; but rather &ldquo;aspect.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read more about this in our previous post: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/writing-in-the-present-tense\/\"><b>Writing in the Simple Present Tense &ndash; Here&rsquo;s All You Need to Know<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Frequently Asked Questions on &ldquo;As of the late&rdquo; and &ldquo;Lately&rdquo;<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>What does &ldquo;as of recently&rdquo; mean?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The phrase &ldquo;as of recently&rdquo; denotes a certain or specific period of time close to the relative present. When we say &ldquo;as of recently,&rdquo; we mean to say that something is said or done and remains true at the time of speaking or writing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>What is the synonym for &ldquo;as of late?&rdquo;<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some casual synonyms for &ldquo;as of late&rdquo; are &ldquo;recently,&rdquo; &ldquo;lately,&rdquo; &ldquo;latterly,&rdquo; &ldquo;newly,&rdquo; &ldquo;freshly,&rdquo; and &ldquo;not long ago.&rdquo; Meanwhile, some more formal ways of saying &ldquo;as of late&rdquo; are &ldquo;in recent years,&rdquo; &ldquo;in the recent past,&rdquo; and &ldquo;over the last few years.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Is &ldquo;late&rdquo; an adverb of time?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Late&rdquo; is both an adverb and an adjective used to refer to time. &ldquo;Late,&rdquo; as an adjective, is the opposite of &ldquo;early&rdquo; or &ldquo;punctual.&rdquo; As an adverb, late, means &ldquo;not on time&rdquo; or &ldquo;behind the expected schedule.&rdquo; As an adverb of time, &ldquo;late&rdquo; is used as a stand-alone word and does not come before a noun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Conclusion<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After we have studied this, we are now quite certain that we understood and learned how to differentiate and use &ldquo;as of late&rdquo; and &ldquo;lately&rdquo; in our sentences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This will add more to our confidence level when we speak or write and even boost our capabilities to aim for higher goals in life.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A number of people tend to get confused about when to use &ldquo;as of late&rdquo; and &ldquo;lately,&rdquo; leading them to think that these two phrases can be used interchangeably. 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