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Taka Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Yet

Which "yet" is better? Or do they equally work fine?

We haven' got/gotten enough evidence yet which proves that he was just trapped and he is completely innocent.

We haven' got/gotten yet enough evidence which proves that he was just trapped and he is completely innocent.
  

Top answer

It is misplaced in #2. It can precede 'got/gotten' however.

— Mister Micawber

  • It is misplaced in #2.
  • It can precede 'got/gotten' however.
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It is misplaced in #2. It can precede 'got/gotten' however.
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So these are OK?

We haven't got/gotten enough evidence yet which proves that he was just trapped and he is completely innocent.
We haven't yet got/gotten enough evidence which proves that he was just trapped and he is completely innocent.

And even if "evidence" was modified with "to prove" instead of "which proves", would the answer be the same?
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Note that only 'got' is acceptable in BrE. 'Gotten' is fine in AmE.
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Right.

Could you tell me what you think about the question right above your comment?
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TakaSo these are OK? 1. We haven't got/gotten enough evidence yet which proves that he was just trapped and he is completely innocent. 2. We haven't yet got/gotten enough evidence which proves that he was just trapped and he is completely innocent.
As they stand, I'd write #2, in which 'which' immediately follows its antecedent.

#1 is not incorre
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fivejedjon 'To prove' would be fine in both your sentences.
"To prove" works fine as a modifier of "evidence" in both sentences, but you need a comma in #1 when the modifier is the relative pronoun. Interesting.

I don't think, though, it means that you find the restrictive relative pronoun in #1 wrong, as you say "When I first read
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