What is a word for "at that time"?

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The sentence is: "It was for these reasons I found myself at my desk Sunday night cramming half a unit's worth of statistics in my head before a 9am test the next day, and worrying about the four chapters of biology I was going to have to read for Tuesday's test which would be a few hours after the [at that time] unfinished presentation I was going to have to present Tuesday morning in psychology.

At the time of writing this I have finished the presentation, but it was incomplete when I was cramming.

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That sentence is too long and too complicated.

Break it up and you can get a better sense of sequence and time.

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@dabod15,

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. . .after the [at that time] unfinished presentation. . .

You could use 'then' instead of "at that time".

By the way, I agree with Punkey about the complexity of the sentence.

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@PUNKEY,

I made the sentence that way intentionally to give the reader a feeling of the mental commotion at the time. That's why I need this word which I can't find anywhere and I'm afraid doesn't exist.

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I suppose you didn't find my answer satisfactory.

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@roger,

Then again.

If it was unfinished, it was unfinished (at that time).

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after the then unfinished .....

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@dabod15,

dabod15 wrote:

The sentence is: "It was for these reasons I found myself at my desk Sunday night cramming half a unit's worth of statistics in my head before a 9am test the next day, and worrying about the four chapters of biology I was going to have to read for Tuesday's test which would be a few hours after the [at that time] unfinished presentation I was going to have to present Tuesday morning in psychology.

At the time of writing this I have finished the presentation, but it was incomplete when I was cramming.

I agree with Punkey, it's too long and unwieldy. Breaking it up would make more sense, but, if you don't here's what I'd turn it into:

"It was for these reasons that I found myself at my desk Sunday night cramming half a unit's worth of statistics in my head for a 9am test the next day, all the while worrying about the as of yet/then unfinished presentation I was going to have to give Tuesday morning in psychology and the four chapters of biology I was going to have to read for the biology test a few hours after this presentation."

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@najmelliw,

najmelliw wrote:

dabod15 wrote:

The sentence is: "It was for these reasons I found myself at my desk Sunday night cramming half a unit's worth of statistics in my head before a 9am test the next day, and worrying about the four chapters of biology I was going to have to read for Tuesday's test which would be a few hours after the [at that time] unfinished presentation I was going to have to present Tuesday morning in psychology.

At the time of writing this I have finished the presentation, but it was incomplete when I was cramming.

I agree with Punkey, it's too long and unwieldy. Breaking it up would make more sense, but, if you don't here's what I'd turn it into:

"It was for these reasons that I found myself at my desk Sunday night cramming half a unit's worth of statistics in my head for a 9am test the next day, all the while worrying about the as of yet/then unfinished presentation I was going to have to give Tuesday morning in psychology and the four chapters of biology I was going to have to read for the biology test a few hours after this presentation."

Or

"This is why I was at my desk Sunday night cramming half a unit's worth of statistics in my head for a 9am test the next day. This was while worrying about the as still unfinished presentation I had to give Tuesday morning in psychology, and the four chapters of biology I had to read for the biology test a few hours after this presentation."

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@jespah,

Yours is better(not surprising, since you're an author and all!), but, it also breaks the sentence into two Smile

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Naj.

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@najmelliw,

Heh, thanks. It's a horrible run-on. You kind of forget where it starts by the time you hit the end. Smile

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@dabod15,

You could replace "[at that time]" with "currently", or "presently".

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@roger,

Yours was a good answer but I thought there was a word used specifically for this instance that I didn't know.

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@dabod15,

Presently

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@dabod15,

The words in the brackets are unnecessary, as are any [and all] replacements.

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It was for these reasons I found myself at my desk Sunday night cramming half a unit's worth of statistics in my head before a 9am test the next day, and worrying about the four chapters of biology I was going to have to read for Tuesday's test which would be a few hours after the [at that time] unfinished presentation I was going to have to present Tuesday morning in psychology.

For these reasons, I found myself cramming half a unit's worth of statistics into my head on the Sunday night before a 9am test the next day, worrying about the unfinished presentation in psychology due Tuesday morning, and dreading the four chapters of biology I had to read for an exam a few hours after that.

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