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Tenacious Learner Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Paraphrase including 'yet'

Hi teachers,
There are six customers he hasn’t phoned yet.
Do you agree with this paraphrase? Because it is a paraphrase, isn't it?
There are six customers he hasn’t phoned up to now, but he is expected to phone them in the near future.
‘Yet’ implies this expectation.
I'm using 'expected' as an adjective. Right?

Thanks in advance.
  

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The sentence and your understanding of it are both correct. However, I don't get what you mean when you say that it is a paraphrase. A paraphrase is "a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form".

— GPY

  • The sentence and your understanding of it are both correct.
  • However, I don't get what you mean when you say that it is a paraphrase.
  • A paraphrase is "a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form".
  • Here you do not appear to be restating something in a different form (unless you forgot to mention the original sentence).
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The sentence and your understanding of it are both correct. However, I don't get what you mean when you say that it is a paraphrase. A paraphrase is "a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form". Here you do not appear to be restating something in a different form (unless you forgot to mention the original sentence).
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GPYHere you are apparently not restating anything in a different form.
Hi GPY,
Thanks for your reply. Then, is it a definition of the word 'yet'?
unless you forgot to mention the original sentence.

The original sentence is this one:
There are six customers he hasn’t phoned yet.

TL
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GPYHere you do not appear to be restating something in a different form (unless you forgot to mention the original sentence).
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CalifJimEdit: OK. TL has said that. It wasn't there when I posted.
Hi Jim,
Sorry. I just rewrote my post.
Would it be possible like this too?
There are six customers he hasn’t phoned up to now. But he is expected to phone them in the near future.

TL
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Tenacious Learner GPYHere you are apparently not restating anything in a different form.Hi GPY,Thanks for your reply. Then, is it a definition of the word 'yet'?unless you forgot to mention the original sentence.The original sentence is this one:There are six customers he hasn’t phoned yet. TL
Oh yeah, sorry, I read "this" as referring to the previous sentence
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Tenacious LearnerThere are six customers he hasn’t phoned up to now. But he is expected to phone them in the near future.
Yes, but purists will want ... now, but ....

CJ
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Would these examples be the construction you tried to deliver ?
* He still has 6 reports yet to finsih.
* Today is the 5th andI have yet received your rent.
"Has yet " may be applied in your sentence. It has the combined meaning of expectation and obligation.
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CalifJimYes, but purists will want ... now, but ....
Hi Jim,
Thanks! Then, I will follow the grammatical purists.
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grammarfreakWould these examples be the construction you tried to deliver ?* He still has 6 reports yet to finsih. * Today is the 5th andI have yet received your rent."Has yet " may be applied in your sentence. It has the combined meaning of expectation and obligation.
Hi grammarfreak,
Thanks a lot for your examples. They do help, but I was trying to find t
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