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EyeSeeYou Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

The uses of SO FAR, YET and STILL

Can they be used alike? Does their use depend on whether they form part of a negative or positive sentence?

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"so far" and "yet" and "still" have some uses in common, but in general these are three separate expressions. I'm [still / *yet / *so far] waiting for my paycheck. so far / *still].

— CalifJim

  • "so far" and "yet" and "still" have some uses in common, but in general these are three separate expressions.
  • I'm [still / *yet / *so far] waiting for my paycheck.
  • so far / *still].
  • still] we haven't seen him.
  • We've been waiting, and we [still / *yet / *so far] haven't seen him.
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"so far" and "yet" and "still" have some uses in common, but in general these are three separate expressions.

I'm [still / *yet / *so far] waiting for my paycheck.
We've been waiting for an hour, and we haven't seen him [yet / ?so far / *still].
We've been waiting, and [so far / *yet / ?still] we haven't seen him.
We've been waiting, and we [still / *yet / *so far] h
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CalifJim"so far" and "yet" and "still" have some uses in common, but in general these are three separate expressions.

I'm [still / *yet / *so far] waiting for my paycheck.
We've been waiting for an hour, and we haven't seen him [yet / ?so far / *still].
We've been waiting, and [so far / *yet / ?still] we haven't seen him.
We've been waiting, and we [
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Interesting. Thank you CalifJim.
Can I say that when we use 'still' we are kinda looking 'forward', and when we use 'yet' we are looking backward, in a sense ??
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'still' looks forward, 'yet' looks backward, you say, in a sense. Well, I think I can accept that, in a sense. That is, there is a sort of polarity set up by the contrast of 'still' and 'yet'.

TIME > > > >
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x. x. still x. still x. (not still x)

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So is this wrong? He is not still a good player.

I'd prefer: He is not a good player anymore/any longer.

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Meaning of * and ? placed before a sentence.

* ungrammatical
? possibly grammatical in some dialect(s), but doubtful in standard English

These are standard symbols. You will find them scattered throughout the posts on this site as well as in many books.

CJ
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"not still" may have a use, but I can't think of one. The meaning of "not still" is almost invariably expressed as "not ... anymore" or the like.

CJ
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Eyesee,

A star * before a word, a clause, a sentence etc shows that the author knows it isn't correct.

A question mark ? before a word, a clause, a sentence etc means they are questionable.
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I believe that the meaning of the suggested phrase "He is still not a good player" would be: despite all the efforts, he has not achieved the status of a good player yet. Therefore, the correct would be "He is not a good player yet" ("He is stil under way to become a good player").
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* means it's wrong, ? means it can go but maybe it's not perfect, and if are no signs it means that that is the exact word.
Or ar least this is what I think
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