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Is this sentence correct?
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yolprica
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Is this sentence correct?
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He hasn �t sent the letter I gave him this morning yet.
Thanks in advance for your help
Yoland |
5 Jun 2010
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Mabdel
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Hi If it is still morning it �s correct if the morning is passesd then you use simple past you can �t use present perfect.
let �s see other collegues .
hope that �s useful have a nice weekend |
5 Jun 2010
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anitarobi
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If we �re picky (and I am known to be ) yet is a bit too far at the end of the sentence. That �s why I would say it like this: He still hasn �t sent the letter I gave him this morning. But this is still open for discussion. |
5 Jun 2010
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flaviatl
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I agree with Anita. Yet sounds a bit weird in that sentence
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5 Jun 2010
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yolprica
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The problem is that I haven �t taught my students the use of still in this context because they are very young to understand its use. Can I deduce that the sentence I wrote can be correct?
Thanks for answering
Yolanda |
5 Jun 2010
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yanogator
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I, too, agree with Anita, but you can use "yet" if you need to:
He hasn �t yet sent the letter I gave him this morning.
However, Anita �s use of "still" definitely sounds more natural. The original sentence is technically correct, but a native speaker would not say it that way.
I disagree with mabdel about not being able to use the present perfect if it is no longer morning, because it is a situation from the past with an effect (still not happened) in the present. "This morning" is the reason "gave" is in the simple past, but it doesn �t affect "hasn �t mailed".
I hope I �m not muddying things too much here.
Bruce |
5 Jun 2010
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perrineinchina
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I agree, "yet" at the end of the whole sentence sounds strange.
Anitarobi �s sentence sounded great!
If you want to use "yet" could you possibly say:
He hasn �t yet sent the letter I gave him this morning.
However, I could be very wrong...
Goodluck!
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5 Jun 2010
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Bruna Dutra
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I guess you could use �yet � between the auxiliary and the main verb:
"He hasn �t yet sent the letter I gave him this morning" if you feel that the adverb is too far from the present perfect construction, and also, if you don �t want to introduce the use of still, which as the others have mentioned, sounds better.
But I guess it can �t be said to be wrong.
Hugs, Bruna.
EDIT: Wow... 3 posts at the same time! 
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5 Jun 2010
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