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Tinanam0102 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

As of yet

Hi teachers,

Last year the Victoria & Albert Museum even deliberately acquired serveral miniatures by the infamous but, as of yet, unidentified.

Would you please tell me what is as of yet mean?

Does unidentified modify "miniatures"?

Thank you.

Tinanam
  

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As of yet means as of now, or, until now. It's a phrase modifying unidentified, which refers to miniatures. The sentence is talking about miniatures that have not been identified as of now, but may be identified in the future.

  • As of yet means as of now, or, until now.
  • It's a phrase modifying unidentified, which refers to miniatures.
  • The sentence is talking about miniatures that have not been identified as of now, but may be identified in the future.
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As of yet means as of now, or, until now. It's a phrase modifying unidentified, which refers to miniatures. The sentence is talking about miniatures that have not been identified as of now, but may be identified in the future.

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Hi jbachman08,

Thank you for your help.

Have a good day.

Tinanam
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Hi, again-

Unidentified refers to unidentified artists rather than to miniatures directly. The miniatures are unidentified only in terms of the artists who produced them. The miniatures might be identified in terms of date and type, but not in terms of the artists. The word by indicates that the missing noun after unidentified would be artists or a similar w

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