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Tenjing Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

So far

Are these sentences correct with 'so far'?

A. He is working well so far.
B. He as done a great job since June so far.
C. Everything is perfect so far.
D. Everything is going well as planned so far.
E. He hasn't gone crazy so far.

please help.
  

Top answer

'so far' indicates a period of time from the past up to now, so I'd say it's better to use it with perfect simple or perfect continuous tenses. ) seems natural and/or appropriate to me, though you don't really need 'so far' in B.

  • 'so far' indicates a period of time from the past up to now, so I'd say it's better to use it with perfect simple or perfect continuous tenses.
  • ) seems natural and/or appropriate to me, though you don't really need 'so far' in B.
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'so far' indicates a period of time from the past up to now, so I'd say it's better to use it with perfect simple or perfect continuous tenses. Therefore, only B (He has done...) and E (He hasn't gone crazy...) seems natural and/or appropriate to me, though you don't really need 'so far' in B.
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Are you sure 'a' and 'c' aren't correct with 'so far'? I will wait for more replies.
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You don't need 'so far' in B.

For me, the rest are just fine.

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