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Bookmark or Share- word meaning - "has yet" means already happened or not? - English ...A decision has yet been made. A native English-speaker would probably not say this. It just sounds too weird and confusing. A decision has yet to have been made. A decision has not been made. A decision has not been made yet. Either of these sound a lot better than the second sentence and mean basically the same thing as "No decision has been ...
- "I didn't do it" vs "I haven't done it" - When do you use which?Generally speaking, I'd say it better fits hypotheticals, or things that have not yet occurred. I know that him and I have been dating for a while, but I swear we haven't done anything! My kids haven't skipped a single class in all their lives. I haven't drank in 20 years!
- phrase usage - When not to use "not yet" - English Language Learners ...Not yet [participle] and still not or still haven't [participle]. These are adverbs. The problem with phrasing like this: "Futuristic skyscrapers are not yet Europe." is that there is no verb for the "not yet" to qualify. Futuristic skyscrapers are not yet Europe. [doesn't have semantic meaning] Futuristic skyscrapers have not yet sprung up in ...
- was not yet done" vs "... was not done yet": what is the correct order?Note: This might very well be a duplicate but I don't know the correct and more general grammar terms. So I only searched for the words in my specific example but did not find an answer. Do not hes...
- idioms - somebody/something has yet to do something - English Language ...yet: The team has not yet won a game. = The team has not won a game yet. = The team has yet to win a game. (Merriam-Webster’s) I understand what meaning the structure above has. But I’m wondering if the last sentence, The team has yet to win a game, could be interpreted as another meaning. Let’s suppose a soccer team that has won a game ...
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