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Mohamed Elshawaf Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Negation with yet?

I read this sentence in a book:

but you have yet to read data from or write data to a file using these types.
It was in a context that means that I (the reader) didn't read or write, from or to the file yet. So its context maps to this meaning:

but you haven't yet read data from or write data to a file using these types.
But omitting not, makes it like I did write and read, which I'm totally sure the author didn't mean, can anyone elaborate on this, please?
  

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No 'not' has been omitted. If you have yet to do something, you have not done it yet.

— Fivejedjon

  • No 'not' has been omitted.
  • If you have yet to do something, you have not done it yet.
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No 'not' has been omitted. If you have yet to do something, you have not done it yet.
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Mohamed Elshawafyou have yet to read data from or write data to a file using these types.
= You still have to read data ...

Here yet is used as still.

CJ
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