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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Yet?

Hi there
Can somebody tell me is there any difference if I say:
"He has not come yet" and "He is yet to come"?
Can somebody explain to me how to use the word "yet" correctly.

Cheers
  

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org/wiki/Grammatical_conjunction , is equivalent to "but" or "nevertheless". However, used as an adverb, yet defines an action's persistence in . Perhaps uniquely in English, the word can define an action in the past, present or future: I have never yet been late.

  • org/wiki/Grammatical_conjunction , is equivalent to "but" or "nevertheless".
  • However, used as an adverb, yet defines an action's persistence in .
  • Perhaps uniquely in English, the word can define an action in the past, present or future: I have never yet been late.
  • I yet stand.
  • I will yet arrive.
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Yet is a common English word that when used as a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_conjunction, is equivalent to "but" or "nevertheless".

However, used as an adverb, yet defines an action's persistence in . Perhaps uniquely in English, the word can define an action in the

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