ctivnan
01/25/08, 10:33 AM
WORD CHOICE
Yet is used to say that something has not happened or a situation has not started to exist, or to ask if something has happened.
** used with questions and negatives.
** positioned at the end of the sentence
e.g.
Have you painted the fence yet?
You don't need to go yet.
Still is used to say that an earlier situation has not changed.
**usually a mid-sentence adverb
e.g.
My mother still thinks I'm a kid.
I still don't agree with that idea.
Do you still have the book I lent you?
Already is used to emphasize that something has happened or a situation has started to exist.
** used with statements and questions
e.g.
I have already seen that movie, Charles.
Have you seen the latest Batman flick already?
(also used in questions to show surprise that something has happened sooner than expected)
Source: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, 2004
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Yet is used to say that something has not happened or a situation has not started to exist, or to ask if something has happened.
** used with questions and negatives.
** positioned at the end of the sentence
e.g.
Have you painted the fence yet?
You don't need to go yet.
Still is used to say that an earlier situation has not changed.
**usually a mid-sentence adverb
e.g.
My mother still thinks I'm a kid.
I still don't agree with that idea.
Do you still have the book I lent you?
Already is used to emphasize that something has happened or a situation has started to exist.
** used with statements and questions
e.g.
I have already seen that movie, Charles.
Have you seen the latest Batman flick already?
(also used in questions to show surprise that something has happened sooner than expected)
Source: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, 2004
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