Already, yet (examples, how to use)
| Already, yet | |
| We use already to say that something happened sooner than expected. Already usually comes before the main verb or between an auxiliary or modal verb and the main verb. |
I am sorry, she has already gone home. The film has already started. She's only four years old and she can already read. |
| We use yet in questions or negative statements to talk about things that we expected to happen before now. | Have you finished work yet? I haven't seen the new James Bond film yet. Have you met our new colleague? ~ Not yet. |
| Yet usually comes at the end of the sentence. We usually use the present perfect with already and yet. |
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Damien O'Neal - August 16, 2016, 9:53 pm
“of the 20 apples, one has yet to be rotten”
With that sentence, i have stated that none of the apples are rotten, that is the intention, but someone told me that it means that 19 are? I’m slightly confused.
Anonymous - October 20, 2016, 8:37 am
No I think that is your statement is correct and the meaning also is the same as you said
Anonymous - May 5, 2017, 11:18 pm
20 apples, all of them are rotten, but one isn’t yet. It will be eventually…
Dr. Beyene Gebru - July 1, 2022, 3:19 pm
“of the 20 apples, one has yet to be rotten”… signifies that one of the twenty is awaiting its maturity time to be rotten (… yet to be in a certain state )