词汇 | grammar_british-grammar_already-still-or-yet | ||||||||||
释义 | Already, still or yet?Already or yet?We use already to refer to something which has happened or may have happened before the moment of speaking. Already can sometimes suggest surprise on the part of the speaker, that something is unexpected:
We use yet most commonly in questions and negatives, to talk about things which are expected but which have not happened:
Already refers to things which have happened or which people think may have happened. Yet refers to things which have not happened or which people think may not have happened. Already, yet or still?We use still not yet or already to refer to the continuation of a situation:
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Negatives with already, still, yetNegatives with yet mean that something has not happened up to now:
Negatives with still suggest that the situation should have changed, but it has not:
Warning: We usually put yet after the main verb, whereas we usually put still after the subject. Compare
Negatives with already are far less common than negatives with yet and still. They usually refer to things which should have happened before they did happen:
See also: Already Still Yet |
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