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#2 (permalink) Wed Sep 28, 2005 9:41 am Difference between yet and still |
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Hi,
Still gives the idea of continuing/even now as in:
It is still raining.
Yet gives the idea of up till now and is often used in negative and interrogative sentences as in:
It hasn't stopped raining yet.
Has it stopped raining yet?
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#3 (permalink) Mon Nov 23, 2009 11:29 am Difference between yet and still |
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Dear Mr. Alan,
I am rather confuse, i think "There's still opportunity" can use in that sentence. would you tell me more detail?
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Watie I'm here quite often ;-)
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#4 (permalink) Wed Dec 23, 2009 2:13 am Difference between yet and still |
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I want to know why "there's still opportunity" cann't be used, it makes sense, obviously "time" and "oportunity" aren't the same but both of them makes sense. |
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#5 (permalink) Wed Jan 20, 2010 14:25 pm Difference between yet and still |
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I've gotten the question same as Lourdes.why not oportunity? |
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#6 (permalink) Wed Jan 20, 2010 16:19 pm Difference between yet and still |
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Hi Mzahed,
For this to make sense, you would have to say: There's still an opportunity.
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#7 (permalink) Fri Jan 22, 2010 20:16 pm Difference between yet and still |
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Hollo,
What I knew from the talking about yet that : "yet" can be used for something it's - not - :
like "not yet" .. " i didn't reach the place yet" .. " i'm not well yet".
While we can use - still or for now or so far - for the - yes - things like :
"We're still smoking cheap cigars" .. " you're still watching UFC fights" .. "I'm still passing out the flowers".
Is it ok .. the i way i came up with? |
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#8 (permalink) Tue Aug 30, 2011 7:52 am Difference between yet and still |
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Hello,
What does "there's still time" mean? Does it mean that he still can apply because the time not overdue?
Thanks |
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Wly I'm new here and I like it ;-)
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#9 (permalink) Tue Aug 30, 2011 8:31 am Difference between yet and still |
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Hi Wly,
'There's still time' suggests that enough time remains. In other words it isn't too late.
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#10 (permalink) Wed Nov 16, 2011 2:13 am Difference between yet and still |
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why we could not say there is no opportunity ? |
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Niaz1 I'm new here and I like it ;-)
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#11 (permalink) Wed Nov 16, 2011 8:31 am Difference between yet and still |
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That option is not available in the test. If it were available it could not be used because the meaning would not be the same as the original.
There is still time - it is not too late to apply.
There is no opportunity - there is no possibility. _________________ "Inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened."
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#12 (permalink) Sun Nov 20, 2011 16:44 pm Difference between yet and still |
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Hi dear this is tMIM SAYEDD ZADA FROM Afghanistan pales I have some problem in English if u teach me from the begin its good thinks |
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#13 (permalink) Sun Nov 20, 2011 16:47 pm Difference between yet and still |
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especially in grammar Tamim sayed zada |
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#14 (permalink) Wed Nov 30, 2011 22:40 pm Difference between yet and still |
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i know but i mean why we could not say There's still opportunity. i think you mean there's still opportunity means there 's still possibility so i think this question has 2 answer one we can say there's still possibility and another one there is still time. both of them means they still have time |
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#15 (permalink) Thu Dec 01, 2011 0:23 am Difference between yet and still |
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Please see Alan's answer in message #6 above. You would need an indefinite article with 'opportunity'. _________________ "Inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened."
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Meaning of "There's no point" | I daren't think |