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MarceFX Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
"Yet/already" differences
Hey there!
This yet/already thing is something I'm always wondering but I've never asked...
I've been taught that "already" is not used in question sentences, but I've sometimes heard it on them as follows:
- Do you already know where your car is? - nope,not at all. Dude, where's my car? [H]
Would be that one correct? or would it be this one: "Do you know where your car is yet?"
If so, could someone please make it clearer?
Thanks!
This yet/already thing is something I'm always wondering but I've never asked...
I've been taught that "already" is not used in question sentences, but I've sometimes heard it on them as follows:
- Do you already know where your car is? - nope,not at all. Dude, where's my car? [H]
Would be that one correct? or would it be this one: "Do you know where your car is yet?"
If so, could someone please make it clearer?
Thanks!
Top answer
Hello MarceFX Both sentences are fine. 1. " "Yet" here designates the period between the point at which you began looking for your car keys and "now".
- Hello MarceFX Both sentences are fine.
- 1.
- " "Yet" here designates the period between the point at which you began looking for your car keys and "now".
- 2.
- e.
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Hello MarceFX
Both sentences are fine.
1. "Have you found your car keys yet?"
"Yet" here designates the period between the point at which you began looking for your car keys and "now".
2. "Have you already found your car keys?"
"Already" here designates either "so quickly" (i.e. "surprise") or "by this time" (i.e. it's a neutral enquiry).
MrP
Both sentences are fine.
1. "Have you found your car keys yet?"
"Yet" here designates the period between the point at which you began looking for your car keys and "now".
2. "Have you already found your car keys?"
"Already" here designates either "so quickly" (i.e. "surprise") or "by this time" (i.e. it's a neutral enquiry).
MrP
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