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Tenacious Learner Posted 13 years ago
Hi teachers,
Do you basically agree with the explanations given?
Useful information:
Robert is quite lazy. He often arrives late at the library. He has already had more than a few problems with his boss, Mr. Landon, because of that.
Thanks in advance.
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Hi teachers,
Do you basically agree with the explanations given?
Useful information:
Robert is quite lazy. He often arrives late at the library. He has already had more than a few problems with his boss, Mr. Landon, because of that.
Thanks in advance.
Top answer
Offhand: - the position is often (not usually) at the end of the sentence. - the examples for 'yet' seem more likely neutral as they stand. Only with your added text could they be considered suspicious.
- Offhand: - the position is often (not usually) at the end of the sentence.
- - the examples for 'yet' seem more likely neutral as they stand.
- Only with your added text could they be considered suspicious.
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Offhand:
- the position is often (not usually) at the end of the sentence.
- the examples for 'yet' seem more likely neutral as they stand. Only with your added text could they be considered suspicious.
- the position is often (not usually) at the end of the sentence.
- the examples for 'yet' seem more likely neutral as they stand. Only with your added text could they be considered suspicious.
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The ‘useful information’ for ‘Already’ is not really relevant.
I don’t really see the point of the ‘8.05 am’ on the time chart.
I agree with Mr M -I don’t really think that, in your ‘yet’ examples, Robert was necessarily expected to have performed those actions.
I don’t really see the point of the ‘8.05 am’ on the time chart.
I agree with Mr M -I don’t really think that, in your ‘yet’ examples, Robert was necessarily expected to have performed those actions.
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Hi Mister Micawber,
Thank you for your time and advice.
Robert is one of the characters of the story. We are in Chapter 14. The students know by now what kind of person Robert is.
As I said before, he often gets up late, therefore he arrives late at work and is kind of lazy there.
TS
Thank you for your time and advice.
Robert is one of the characters of the story. We are in Chapter 14. The students know by now what kind of person Robert is.
As I said before, he often gets up late, therefore he arrives late at work and is kind of lazy there.
TS
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fivejedjonThe ‘useful information’ for ‘Already’ is not really relevant.Hi fivejedjon,
Thank you for your comments. In fact, it is quite relevant. By that time Robert is often sleeping. So, for him having done those actions by then it is a miracle! See my explanations to Mister Micawber.
fivejedjonI don’t really see the point of th
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Fine.
This means, however, that your comments on 'alreadty' and 'yet' are completely valid only in the context of a story and characters already known.
This means, however, that your comments on 'alreadty' and 'yet' are completely valid only in the context of a story and characters already known.
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fivejedjonFine.This means, however, that your comments on 'alreadty' and 'yet' are completely valid only in the context of a story and characters already known.Hi fivejedjon,
Yes! It is entirely true.
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Hi Mister Micawber / fivejedjon,
I'd like to be confirmed or not about these ones:
The adverb already in a yes/no question, depending on the tone of the questioner, means that s/he is surprised that the action occurred or is occurring earlier than s/he expected, in that case we expect a yes in the answer. It could also be in a neutral question.
The adverb yet i
I'd like to be confirmed or not about these ones:
The adverb already in a yes/no question, depending on the tone of the questioner, means that s/he is surprised that the action occurred or is occurring earlier than s/he expected, in that case we expect a yes in the answer. It could also be in a neutral question.
The adverb yet i
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Are you talking about how these words are used in general, or merely in your restricted contexts?
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Hi fivejedjon,
In general. I am not saying that that is always true, merely that it is often true; taking into account that both of them can also be in a neutral question.
TS
In general. I am not saying that that is always true, merely that it is often true; taking into account that both of them can also be in a neutral question.
TS
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