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| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6595 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes  4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 25 of 26 17 June 2014 at 9:29pm | IP Logged |
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It's not necessarily about the verb "to be" though. Edited by Serpent on 17 June 2014 at 9:30pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| kanewai Triglot Senior Member United States justpaste.it/kanewai Joined 4887 days ago 1386 posts - 3054 votes Speaks: English*, French, Marshallese Studies: Italian, Spanish | Message 26 of 26 17 June 2014 at 9:46pm | IP Logged |
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In terms of casual American speech, every single example discussed so far sounds wrong.
Some might be grammatically correct, but they all seem a bit posh. I looked at the links Gemuse gave, and these sentences (all from Heather Hill) flow nicely: 1. My career as an editor has been immeasurably enriched by working with inspiring women writers, yet the world of publishing would have been inaccessible to me without the time and support I was given when first starting out. 2. Oh yes, this line IS on my cutting room floor. I’m so ashamed… and yet comedically proud at the same time. 3. As I write this line, longhand, she is here pressed by my side huffing like a petulant teenager because it’s not playtime yet. 4. Yet he still talks to me. 5. I still hated my job but I knew I couldn’t leave just yet For each of these the 'yet' is at the start or end of the clause. I think this is the key for achieving a more natural use. So for Silvance's example I think that most Americans would say I am not married yet rather than I am not yet married. Edited by kanewai on 17 June 2014 at 10:07pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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