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Yes, it sounds as though the implication is that now there is information. A native speaker who wished to indicate that there has been no information, and still is none, would likely say: "To this point, there is no information."

Paul can make it clearer . . .

Thank you~

But...is this YES to

-But is the following ambiguous?

or

-Does it mean now there is info?

If now there is, isn't it be WAS instead of IS?

It sounds a wee bit odd using the present simple with a word that encompasses some point in the past to now.

Until now there has been no information.

I'd say no, there is no information yet.

Thanks all.

If I wanted to say now there is, then can I say?:

Not until now is there any information.

(I'm not sure whether this is clearer or without ambiguity...

Only now have we received some information.



It's okay.
Or, not until now has there been any information.

This sentence structure has plagued me so long.

When we use the inversion form, the meaning should not be altered at all.

-Never have we met such a great difficulty.

and

-We have never met such a great difficulty.

should be identical in meaning.

How come

-There isn't any information until now.

and

-Not until now is there any information.

are different?

They are not materially different. The meaning is the same.

But...you could read more into it.

With the second one, you definitely know (because of the word Not) that some information has been received.
Although arguably, "until" plays the same part in the first.

If you consider "There isn't any information up to now" then you know no information has been received.
"There isn't any information until now" is a bit different. Some information may have been received, but the statement is slightly ambiguous.
"Not until now has any information been received" is more definite, because the "Not" is emphasised.

okay?

Oh I see. Thank you~

When there's no context, is the following also ambiguous?:

-Until now I do not betray him.

It's not grammatically correct.

But you could say, "I did not betray him until now", and also, "until now I did not betray him."
"I have not betrayed him until now."

and various other possibilities.

Thank you~

Do

-"I did not betray him until now"
-"until now I did not betray him."
-"I have not betrayed him until now."

all have the same meaning of 'not betraying someone in a past period but betraying him/her at the present moment'?

Yes, they do.

Just musing.

It's certainly an odd collocation, but I wonder if the present simple [or is it just this particular verb?] used for importance [see examples below] would always be impossible with "until now"?

Until this second, I do not hate him.

Until now, I do not love her.

Hi JTT, good morning.

Could you now tell us just how many angels can dance on the head of a pin?

There's that knee jerk McTag reluctance to think.

And yet, on occasion we see you do just that, McTag.