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Ihenry Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

"Have yet" or "Have not yet"

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00I'm not sure when should I use "have yet" or "have not yet" or just "have not", is there any different in using each of them.02br
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01font00There are still many countries and organisations, which have yet to introduce special policies to address the unique needs of these children.02font02br
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01font00There are still many countries and organisations have not yet introduced special policies to address the unique needs of these children.02font02br
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01font00There are still many countries and organisations have not introduced special policies to address the unique needs of these children.02font02br
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0They all make sense. I detect a slight difference between the meanings, but it could be just me!02br
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001) have yet to....(but they they may do so in future)02br
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002) have not yet (but I'm expecting them to)02br
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003~have not (and I'm not sure they are going to).0-
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0Hi nona the brit,02br
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00Another question, can I use 01u00have not02u00 or 01u00have yet to02u00 to refer to something that is planned to happen in the future?02br
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00I understand your statement is not representative of british english as a whole, so it is not be just you and I would love to hear some
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0 You have "which" only in the first sentence. It should be in all three.02br
00 No comma in the first sentence, please!02br
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00 Nona has already explained the differences in meaning.02br
00 The meanings are the same in American English as in British English, namely, "have yet to" means an anticipated or planned event has not yet taken place,
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0 Hi,02br
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00“Have yet” suggests an expectation of something to happen but not as yet. Ex: John is going present the marketing proposal for the new product this coming Monday. He has some ideas but has yet to finalize them into a plan. 02br
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00“Have not yet” tells people it’s more than an expectation, it will most likely happen as a routine. Ex:
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