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hi every one of you ,

I want to know when to use yet and when to use already in questions . and the position of each one of them .

and what is the correct question of these two questions .

Have you already visited the national museum ?

or

have you visited the national museum yet ?

Doctor D · Accepted Answer

Both of these are different ways to get the same information: has someone ever been to a particular museum before. Either way is grammatically correct. If I had to say how they are different, I would say that they emphasize different things or might be used in different situations.

Perhaps your group is planning an outing. You would want to know where people have been already. So, you would ask: Has everyone already visited the national museum? There does not seem to be any urgency or emotional excitement in this question.

Perhaps you have just been to see the museum and are eager to share the details. So you would want to know if the person you are talking to has experienced it also. So you ask: Have you visited the national museum yet? There is here a suggestion that of course everyone wants to visit the museum but maybe they haven't had time yet to do so. There is more emotion in this question.

As to the placement of "already," that is a matter of style. You can say either:
Have you already visited the national museum? OR
Have you visited the national museum already?
The first emphasizes the visiting, the second emphasizes the when.

I hope this is helpful.

Mohamed Ibrahem · Answer

thank you, you have helped me a lot . so when i use already between have and the P.P I emphasizes the event . but when i use it at the end of the question i emphasizes the time .

what made me ask this question was that in my last English exam the was a question " Find the mistake and correct it "

and i saw this question " Have you visited the national museum already ? " and he wanted me to correct it so i said " Have you already visited the national museum ? " and my friends corrected it in another way they said " Have you visited the national museum yet ? "

so I want to know what is the correct answer ....

and thank you ..

Doctor D · Answer

All three of them are grammatically correct. (The sentence as it stood did not need to be "corrected" but you could shift the emphasis, as I said before).

Mohamed Ibrahem · Answer

Thank you Sir .

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