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Guest Posted 23 years ago
Grammar
The word yet
I have a friend who uses the word yet in the followig way:
"There are two weeks left yet", meaning that there are still two weeks left.
This does not sound right to me, but I know that yet can be used at the end of a sentence for example like "He has not gone to the store yet". I cannot figure out if the above is a correct usage or not, and if so why. Can you help.
Dorothy
"There are two weeks left yet", meaning that there are still two weeks left.
This does not sound right to me, but I know that yet can be used at the end of a sentence for example like "He has not gone to the store yet". I cannot figure out if the above is a correct usage or not, and if so why. Can you help.
Dorothy
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YET is mostly used with the perfect tense meaning 'until now'. What I think your friend meant was: There are still two weeks left.
- YET is mostly used with the perfect tense meaning 'until now'.
- What I think your friend meant was: There are still two weeks left.
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YET is mostly used with the perfect tense meaning 'until now'.
What I think your friend meant was: There are still two weeks left.
What I think your friend meant was: There are still two weeks left.
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