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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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Can the sentence "Sarah hasn't told fill that she can't come to the party." be rewritten as "Sarah has yet to tell Phil that she can't come to the party" and if so , do they retain the same meaning?
  

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" be rewritten as "Sarah has yet to tell Phil that she can't come to the party" and if so , do they retain the same meaning? Both are valid sentences. However, #2 suggests that she should tell or is going to tell Phil, that she has some obligation to tell Phil.

— Clive

  • " be rewritten as "Sarah has yet to tell Phil that she can't come to the party" and if so , do they retain the same meaning?
  • Both are valid sentences.
  • However, #2 suggests that she should tell or is going to tell Phil, that she has some obligation to tell Phil.
  • #1 does not suggest this, and is thus more neutral in tone.
  • Best wishes, Clive
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Hi,
Can the sentence "Sarah hasn't told fill Phil that she can't come to the party." be rewritten as "Sarah has yet to tell Phil that she can't come to the party" and if so , do they retain the same meaning?
Both are valid sentences.
However, #2 suggests that she should tell or is going to tell Phil, that she has some obligation to tell Phil. #1 does not su
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Hi

"Sarah hasn't told Phil that she can't come to the party." = a statement of fact, and we don't know if she intends to tell him, she may just not turn up at the party.

"Sarah has yet to tell Phil that she can't come to the party" = At this moment she has not told him, but we expect that she will tell him before the party.
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