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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Yet
How to use yet?
I woke up. He was yet to do so.
I woke up. He had yet to do so.
Are both the same, or is there a tense difference?
I woke up. He was yet to do so.
I woke up. He had yet to do so.
Are both the same, or is there a tense difference?
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Technically the grammar obviously differs, but for most purposes I see no signficant difference in meaning. The first sentence is a bit more forward-looking and the second more backward-looking, but the presence of "yet" somewhat levels this off.
- Technically the grammar obviously differs, but for most purposes I see no signficant difference in meaning.
- The first sentence is a bit more forward-looking and the second more backward-looking, but the presence of "yet" somewhat levels this off.
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Technically the grammar obviously differs, but for most purposes I see no signficant difference in meaning. The first sentence is a bit more forward-looking and the second more backward-looking, but the presence of "yet" somewhat levels this off.
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