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Anthonym Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Has/is

Can we say - He is yet to come? or He has yet to come?
  

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In any normal context, as when you wonder whether Dan is at the party, it's "has". In the unlikely event you were theorizing about the Antichrist or something, it could be "is".

  • In any normal context, as when you wonder whether Dan is at the party, it's "has".
  • In the unlikely event you were theorizing about the Antichrist or something, it could be "is".
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In any normal context, as when you wonder whether Dan is at the party, it's "has". In the unlikely event you were theorizing about the Antichrist or something, it could be "is".
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hi, i am sorry but could you clarify more?
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"He has yet to come" is a somewhat old-fashioned way of saying "He has not come (arrived) yet." The "has" is an auxiliary verb forming something like the present perfect but with an infinitive, a sort of "negative perfect". The word "yet" makes this a special case, and from what I just read about this form, it is not well understood. "Yet" with an infinitive takes an auxiliary verb. It is interest

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