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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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Yet x already

Hi!

Is correct to say : "Have you done the homework yet?" or should I say : "Have you already done the homework?"

Thanks for your help,

Giselle
  

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-- This is the standard, unmarked question. The speaker does not have an opinion about what the answer might be. -- This is a marked question: it is not the usual, and it carries the suggestion that the speaker thinks the homwork may indeed be finished-- and earlier than expected.

— Mister Micawber

  • -- This is the standard, unmarked question.
  • The speaker does not have an opinion about what the answer might be.
  • -- This is a marked question: it is not the usual, and it carries the suggestion that the speaker thinks the homwork may indeed be finished-- and earlier than expected.
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We usually use 'yet' in questions and negative statements, and 'already' in affirmative statements; however, that is a guideline not a rule, and using them in other ways creates slightly different meanings sometimes:

Have you done your homework yet?-- This is the standard, unmarked question. The speaker does not have an opinion about what the answer might be.

Have you al
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