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What's the difference between "yet" and "not yet"?
For example,
1, "The best one is not yet to come."
2, "The best one is yet to come."
What is the exact diffrence of the above two sentences?
Many thanks in advance, any help and interpretation will be appreciated.
1, "The best one is not yet to come."
2, "The best one is yet to come."
What is the exact diffrence of the above two sentences?
Many thanks in advance, any help and interpretation will be appreciated.
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[/nq] Because both are unidiomatic, you must ask the person who offered these sentences. " This is a misquoted line of poetry by Browning (Rabbi Ben Ezra, approx. 1850): "Grow old along with me!
- [/nq] Because both are unidiomatic, you must ask the person who offered these sentences.
- " This is a misquoted line of poetry by Browning (Rabbi Ben Ezra, approx.
- 1850): "Grow old along with me!
- " Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)
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[nq:1]For example, 1, "The best one is not yet to come." 2, "The best one is yet to come." What is the exact diffrence of the above two sentences?[/nq]
Because both are unidiomatic, you must ask the
person who offered these sentences. The standard
expression in English is: "The best is yet to come." This is a misquoted line of poetry by Browning (Rabbi Ben Ezra, approx. 1850):
"Gro
Because both are unidiomatic, you must ask the
person who offered these sentences. The standard
expression in English is: "The best is yet to come." This is a misquoted line of poetry by Browning (Rabbi Ben Ezra, approx. 1850):
"Gro
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[nq:1]For example, 1, "The best one is not yet to come." 2, "The best one is yet to come." What is the exact diffrence of the above two sentences? Many thanks in advance, any help and interpretation will be appreciated.[/nq]
The second sentence is fine. The first is meaningless. If you changed it to, 'The best one has not yet come', then it would mean roughly the same as the second sentence.
The second sentence is fine. The first is meaningless. If you changed it to, 'The best one has not yet come', then it would mean roughly the same as the second sentence.
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[nq:2]1, "The best one is not yet to come." 2, "The best one is yet to come."[/nq]
[nq:1]The second sentence is fine. The first is meaningless.[/nq]
I respectfully disagree. If sentence 2 has a meaning, then its opposite, sentence 1, must also have meaning.
For example:
"We've heard three of our singers so far, but the best one is yet to come."
"No Seacrest, the best one is not
[nq:1]The second sentence is fine. The first is meaningless.[/nq]
I respectfully disagree. If sentence 2 has a meaning, then its opposite, sentence 1, must also have meaning.
For example:
"We've heard three of our singers so far, but the best one is yet to come."
"No Seacrest, the best one is not
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