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Meaning of "She hasn't come home yet..."


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Yet #16 (permalink) Thu Jan 08, 2009 14:44 pm   Yet
 

Hello sir

thanks for your explanation

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meaning of "She hasn't come home yet..." #17 (permalink) Tue Jan 27, 2009 12:21 pm   meaning of "She hasn't come home yet..."
 

Dear Mr. Alan

Could you please explain this 3rd one sentence?

3)I worked as a teacher every day for 10 years. (but I don't work now)

That's fine and it suggests that the sentence doesn't have any connection to any time now but is just a statement about the past.

If I am not wrong we just mention "time" in "Present Perfect Countinuous Tense" & "Past Perfect Countinuous Tense"

isn't it?

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meaning of "She hasn't come home yet..." #18 (permalink) Tue Feb 17, 2009 11:16 am   meaning of "She hasn't come home yet..."
 

Hi
I could not understand difference between all these 4 options .Speacialy in yet and still . Could you help me please .

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Is she home yet? #19 (permalink) Fri Jun 19, 2009 8:21 am   Is she home yet?
 

Hi Alan!

If yet means 'up until now', why do we say,
Is she home yet? and not Isn't she home yet?
I hope you could help me on this.
Thanks!

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meaning of "She hasn't come home yet..." #20 (permalink) Sat Sep 26, 2009 9:18 am   meaning of "She hasn't come home yet..."
 

Alan wrote:
Hi Ira,

My comments in italics:

1) I have been working as a teacher every day for 10 years. (but I don't work now)

That's fine. You could add: but I have decided to stop work now.

2) I had been working as a teacher every day for 10 years. (but I don't work now)

You need to add another past tense as for example: but I stopped working last week

3)I worked as a teacher every day for 10 years. (but I don't work now)

That's fine and it suggests that the sentence doesn't have any connection to any time now but is just a statement about the past.

Alan


Hi Alan,
I have some confusions in the above sentences:
1. Is the use of everyday correct in the above sentences? If yes then why?
2. through these sentences Ira wants to say that now she is not working so can't we simply say "she has worked for ten years." or "she had worked for ten years" whichever is correct because this sentence is correct in itself and is short also.
Please correct me if I am wrong.....waiting for your reply ALAN.
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Meaning of "She hasn't come home yet..." #21 (permalink) Sat Sep 26, 2009 9:50 am   Meaning of "She hasn't come home yet..."
 

hi Alan,
what I understood from the explanation you gave is that yet is used in negative sentences, it cannot be used in positive sentences and still in those sentences in which the work is still not completed or is still continuing i.e the sentence "The result is yet to come" is wrong
and "The result is still to come" and "the result has not come yet" are correct.
Please correct me if i ma wrong...
Also please tell me are the following sentences correct:
1. Naina's boss insulted her in front of her colleagues but she is still working there.
2. Naina's boss insulted her in front of her colleagues but she has not resigned yet.
3. Naina's boss insulted her in front of her colleagues but she still works there.
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Meaning of "She hasn't come home yet..." #22 (permalink) Mon Sep 28, 2009 5:21 am   Meaning of "She hasn't come home yet..."
 

Dear Nainajain,

First both (1 and 2)sentences are correct
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Meaning of "She hasn't come home yet..." #23 (permalink) Mon Oct 05, 2009 17:59 pm   Meaning of "She hasn't come home yet..."
 

Hello Alan,
I would like to ask you something about reported speech. As far as I know we do not change the tense of the original words in reported speech when the direct speech includes an "unreal past". For example, "I wish I were younger" --- "She said she wished she were younger". But what about this sentense "If I had time I would come to you". How can we say it in indirect speech?
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Meaning of "She hasn't come home yet..." #24 (permalink) Tue Oct 06, 2009 0:28 am   Meaning of "She hasn't come home yet..."
 

She said that she wished she had been younger.
She said that if she had had time, she would have come to me.
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Yet still #25 (permalink) Sat Feb 20, 2010 9:58 am   Yet still
 

Alan wrote:
Yet is up till now negative and interrogative - He's not home yet - Is she home yet?

Still is continuing even now in all forms.

Is she still working?
Yes, she's still working because she's still not finished.


Dear Alan,

Thanks for your explanation.

So as explained by you the word 'yet' is used for sentences that are negtive or interrogative, whereas 'still' is for continuing even in all forms; then in that case: please xplain me the example given by you.

Is she still working?
Yes, she's still working because she's not finished yet. (as this is negative. 'not finished').

Is'nt the above usage correct, if I go by your explanation? Please clear mt confusion.
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Meaning of "She hasn't come home yet..." #26 (permalink) Sat Feb 20, 2010 16:17 pm   Meaning of "She hasn't come home yet..."
 

oh...on that test it occured a little problem due to my computer hardware,so the results aren't real...but I''ll go on and I'll try to get the explenations what I need for my missings grammar items.
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Meaning of "She hasn't come home yet..." #27 (permalink) Wed Mar 31, 2010 14:54 pm   Meaning of "She hasn't come home yet..."
 

1) I have been working as a teacher every day for 10 years. (but I don't work now)
2) I had been working as a teacher every day for 10 years. (but I don't work now)

In above sentences both had been and have been can be used with I ?
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Meaning of "She hasn't come home yet..." #28 (permalink) Thu Apr 08, 2010 23:58 pm   Meaning of "She hasn't come home yet..."
 

Hi Alan,'

Quick question. I know in English we say "inside joke" (clear only to those people who are "inside" a social group), and not "internal joke". Are there any particular circumstances where the construction "internal joke" might be accepted?

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Meaning of "She hasn't come home yet..." #29 (permalink) Fri Apr 09, 2010 0:10 am   Meaning of "She hasn't come home yet..."
 

Hellofriend wrote:
1) I have been working as a teacher every day for 10 years. (but I don't work now)
2) I had been working as a teacher every day for 10 years. (but I don't work now)

In above sentences both had been and have been can be used with I ?


The 'I' with both 'have been' and 'had been' is not a problem, but as indicated earlier, the second sentence would not be used as you have written it. It needs additional past tense information. Some examples:
I had been working as a teacher every day for 10 years, until I had to stop because of ill health.
I had been working as a teacher every day for 10 years, then I was promoted to Principal.
I had been working as a teacher every day for 10 years, but I moved to another town and could not get a job.
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Meaning of "She hasn't come home yet..." #30 (permalink) Fri Apr 09, 2010 6:37 am   Meaning of "She hasn't come home yet..."
 

Hello Mr. Beeesneees,

Wow this is great. Thanks a lot for your reply.
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