Do I put a comma after yet?

Do I put a comma after yet?

As with ‘however’ or ‘but,’ a comma is placed AFTER ‘yet’ at the beginning of a sentence: “Yet, he didn’t want to…” [This is awkward, though. Usually, we use ‘However,’ or ‘But,’.] A comma is sometimes placed BEFORE ‘yet. ‘ For example: “I haven’t had a chance to talk with him, yet.”

When we use still in a sentence?

We use still to show that something continues up to a time in the past, present or future. It goes in front of the main verb: Even when my father was 65, he still enjoyed playing tennis. It’s past midnight but she’s still doing her homework.

What is the difference between still and yet?

Still talks about something which began in the past and it persists even now, as it is not completed or finished yet. On the other hand, yet refers to something which a person is longing for or expecting to start, complete or happen by a certain time, but it does not happen, started or completed until now.

Can I use yet and still in a sentence?

Both yet and still can be used in negative statements to talk about something that wasn’t true in the past and continues not to be true in the present. This is where yet and still converge. For example, the two sentences in each pair below, one with yet and one with still, mean nearly the same thing.

Is Have you ate correct?

The correct expression is “Have you eaten?” This is due to the fact that the auxiliary verb “to have” is followed by the past participle of the base verb, for example, in this case, “eat.” While, indeed, the base-verb is “eat,” the past participle of the verb”eaten” is called a lexical verb.

Have you eaten today meaning?

What have you eaten today is asking what have they eaten so far or if they have eaten at all. It’s usually asked to make sure if someone has eaten. But they can mean the same thing depending on the person, since everyone talks differently. See a translation.

Did you eat yet or have you eaten yet?

English – U.S. “Yet” is actually superfluous in both forms. “Yet” is inherent in the context “Have you eaten?”, unless you want to pretend that “Have you eaten?” means “Have you ever eaten in your life?” “Have you eaten?” has to mean “yet”, because you can’t ask someone if they’ve eaten in the future, only in the past.

Have you had lunch yet meaning?

1) “Have you had lunch?” is preferred. The phrasing suggests that you’re asking something about how the person currently is, specifically whether he is hungry. If you were asking about events from a week ago, then “did you have your lunch?” would be equally as good as “had you eaten/had your lunch?”

Is eaten correct grammar?

“Ate” is the grammatically correct past tense of the verb “eat.” “Eaten” is not, but could be used in the past sense in a passive sentence such as “I looked for the apple that had been on the table, but it was eaten.” But in this case it would be a past participle, not a verb in the past tense.

Have you had dinner yet meaning?

‘Have you had your dinner? It is a question asking whether the dinner has already been had or taken. So, a question about the past, asked in present tense.

What did you have or had for dinner?

They are largely interchangeable. ‘What did you have…’ can be used further from the event (eating dinner) than ‘what have you had…’ which needs to be asked reasonably soon after the meal.

Have you been or had you been?

The only difference is the tense. “Where have you been?” is present perfect, and is used to convey a sense of a time immediately before the present. “Where had you been?” is past perfect, and is used to convey a sense of a completed action in the past.

Did she have or had?

‘has’ is 3rd-person PRESENT tense only. ‘have’ is 3rd-person PAST tense. DID is PAST tense, hence use have.

What to use with did have or had?

• Yes, it’s correct. It’s used for putting emphasis on the verb – blgt Feb 16 ’15 at 13:04.
• @blgt I have another question about the sentence above, if you answer it, I’d be very grateful. Why has author used have after did?
• We use the infinitive form of the verb after do .

Does and have in a sentence?

“Does he have …?” is the correct phrase. When you say “does” for the third singular person in the interrogative form[1] (present simple of do) you do not need to use “has”. “He” is the third person singular, “Have” is a general verb. To make an interrogative sentence, “Does” is a auxiliary verb for help.

Did not have or had?

3 Answers. “I didn’t have breakfast” is correct. After the auxiliary verb DO, we use the bare infinitive of the full verb, not a tensed form. “I didn’t had breakfast” is wrong.