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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Recently or Yet?

I haven't seen him yet or I haven't seen him recently. Which one is correct and how can we understand?
  

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I haven’t seen him yet = I have not yet seen him, or I have ­ not seen him. I haven’t seen him recently = It has been a while since I last saw him, but I have seen him. Both are correct.

  • I haven’t seen him yet = I have not yet seen him, or I have ­ not seen him.
  • I haven’t seen him recently = It has been a while since I last saw him, but I have seen him.
  • Both are correct.
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I haven’t seen him yet = I have not yet seen him, or I have ­not seen him.
I haven’t seen him recently = It has been a while since I last saw him, but I have seen him.
Both are correct.
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AnonymousI haven't seen him yet.
~ I'm expecting to see him, but so far it hasn't happened.

(Correct.)
AnonymousI haven't seen him recently.
~ During the time immediately preceding the time when I say this, there are no cases of my seeing him.

(Correct.)

CJ

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