He hasn't found a job until recently.

[lagoo]

Hi,

(1) He hasn't found a job until recently.
(2) He didn't find a job until recently.

I assume (2) is correct while (1) is wrong.
I was wondering how to form a sentence using "until recently" with present participle tense.

 

[lagoo]

Use: "He hadn't found a job until recently." He is already working; he began in the recent past.

What about:
(3) He hasn't found a job until now.
(4) He didn't find a job until now.

 

[Roman55]

They are not natural to me. If the sentence starts, he hasn't found a job... that means that he hasn't found a job regardless of what you say next. In (3) you might mean, He hasn't found a job yet. I don't like (4).

 

[jutfrank]

Use: "He hadn't found a job until recently."

That doesn't sound right to me. Why use the past perfect?

Just say He didn't find a job until recently.

 

[jutfrank]

Hi,

(1) He hasn't found a job until recently.
(2) He didn't find a job until recently.

I assume (2) is correct while (1) is wrong.
I was wondering how to form a sentence using "until recently" with present participle tense.

Yes, (2) is correct and (1) is wrong.

Don't bother trying to form a sentence in the present perfect tense (I assume that's what you mean) with until recently. It doesn't work well.

 

[Matthew Wai]

I think the present perfect works well with "recently".
"He has recently found a job."

 

[teechar]

I think the present perfect works well with "recently".
"He has recently found a job."

I would use the past simple for that.
He found a job recently.

The present perfect continuous might work better than the simple with "recently".
He hasn't been eating a lot recently.

 

[YAMATO2201]

I would use the past simple for that.
He found a job recently.

Does the following sentence work for you?

He has only recently found a job.

 

[teechar]

Yes, that one is okay.

 

[emsr2d2]

Does the following sentence work for you?

He has only recently found a job.

That's what I was about to suggest, or "He only recently found a job". I wouldn't use the negative to express your idea.