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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Is it natural

"Those bananas are ripe today, but still not yet last week"
  

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Anonymous "Those bananas are ripe today, but still not yet last week" No. It's not natural to use 'still not yet'. 'still' and 'yet' almost never occur together.

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous "Those bananas are ripe today, but still not yet last week" No.
  • It's not natural to use 'still not yet'.
  • 'still' and 'yet' almost never occur together.
  • They are ripe today, but they weren't ripe (yet) last week.
  • ] They are ripe today, but they (still) weren't ripe last week.
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Anonymous"Those bananas are ripe today, but still not yet last week"
No. It's not natural to use 'still not yet'. 'still' and 'yet' almost never occur together.

They are ripe today, but they weren't ripe (yet) last week. [You don't even need 'yet'.]
They are ripe today, but they (still) weren't ripe last week. [You don't even nee
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Thank you, Sir. I've made up the following sentences. Could you please check if they are natural?

"The wedding ceremony is starting at 9, but still not yet started now" (perhaps someone has not yet arrived)
"The wedding ceremony was to start at 9, but still not yet started at 9.30" (backshift)

And this pair is something like a prediction:

"The wedding c
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It's not natural to use 'still not yet'.
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I found the following sample from a UK web. Do you think it's unnatural too?


"Suffolk Coastal's housing land supply is growing but still not yet enough".
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Yes. You can drop 'still' or 'yet' and have the same idea. I have no idea why the writer felt he needed both.

CJ
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