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Speaker 1: Hey, have you finished yet? Wait? Are you still listening? Good?

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Have you already studied English today? Well, I'm not gonna

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delay this anymore. Let's get the ball rolling.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to another Happy English podcast, coming to you from

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New York City. And here's your English teacher, Michael.

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Speaker 1: All right, thank you John, and thanks everyone. It's Michael

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here from Happy English and I help people speak English better.

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And this is Happy English Podcast, Episode nine thirty one.

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Questions and Negatives with still yet, already and anymore. Hey,

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thanks for joining me today. If you've ever wondered what's

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the difference between have you eaten yet? And are you

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still eating? Or if you're not sure when to use anymore,

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this episode is for you. These four words still, yet,

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already and anymore seems simple, but when it comes to

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questions and negative sentences, things can get a little tricky.

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So today we'll take a deep dive into how they

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work with plenty of real, everyday examples. Let's start with

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the word still. Now, we use still when something continues

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longer than we expected. It's often used in both positive

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and question sentences. Here's how it works. Let's say it's

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eleven thirty at night and Jack is working at his desk,

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You could say, are you still working? Yeah, you're surprised

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he's working at that hour, so you use still. Or

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maybe you plan to go to the movies together, but

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your friend is waiting for someone to finish getting ready.

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She could say he's still in the shower. We're gonna

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be late. So still shows us that the action is continuing,

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and often we feel a little surprised or even frustrated

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by it. You can also use still in negative sentences,

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like I still haven't finished my homework. That means it's

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not finished and it's taking longer than expected. Or he

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still hasn't called me back. Ugh, maybe he's avoiding me.

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So again, we can use still to show our surprise

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or even frustration that something continues longer than we had

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expected or hoped. Next, let's look at yet. We usually

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use yet in questions and negative sentences, especially with the

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present perfect tense. Yet is used when we expect something

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to happen, but it hasn't happened, at least not so far.

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A lot of times when we use yet, like still,

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it can show a nuance of frustration or even disappointment.

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Let's say you're waiting for your food delivery to arrive.

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You could ask, hasn't the pizza come yet? And you

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could reply to that with no, it hasn't come yet.

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Notice how yet goes at the end of the sentence.

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That's what usually happens. And keep in mind that in

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American English, it's perfectly acceptable to use yet with the

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simple past tense, like it isn't winter yet, but it's

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so cold outside, or didn't you make a decision yet? Yeah,

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your grammar teacher might not like those last two exams,

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but hey, that's how we talk in the real world. Now,

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how about already? This one is used when something has happened,

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and maybe it happened earlier than expected. Let's say you

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walk into the office in the morning and you see

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your coworker typing away on the keyboard. You can ask, hey,

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did you already start working? Maybe you're so surprised because

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it's early, or wow, you're already done with lunch. Again,

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this means the action happens sooner than we thought. And

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by the way, those are some other examples of using

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this vocabulary with a simple present and past tense. Yeah,

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that's conversational American English. Of course, the grammar books teach

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you to use already with the present perfect, like she's

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already gone home, or I have already seen that movie,

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and just be careful about one thing. We usually don't

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use already in negative sentences. Instead of I haven't already

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seen it, we say I haven't seen it yet, got

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it so still means something is continuing, Already means something happened,

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and yet means something hasn't happened, but we think it

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should last up for today. Is anymore anymore is only

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used in negative sentences, At least in American English. Anymore

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has the meaning of it's over. Finally. Let's say you

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used to go to some fancy gym every day, but

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not now. You can say I don't go to that

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gym anymore, or she doesn't work here anymore, or now

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that I quit my job, I don't have to deal

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with that stupid boss anymore. The nuance is like, oh,

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thank goodness, that nightmare is over. We can also use

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anymore with the future tense to talk about something that's

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totally over, like after that horrible experience, I'm not going

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back to that restaurant anymore. Or if you're angry with someone,

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you can say huh huh. I'm not talking to her anymore.

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So the nuance is the situation wasn't good, so I

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won't do that again. That's how we use anymore. Okay,

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let's do a quick recap before we wrap up. Still

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means something is continuing and we're a bit surprised. Are

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you still working yet? Means something hasn't happened, but we

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expect it, and we're a little frustrated. Hasn't Jack arrived

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yet already means something happened and we're a bit surprised,

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you're already finished with your homework? And anymore means something

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used to happen, but it doesn't happen now because I'm

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done with it. Yeah, I don't smoke anymore. So how

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about you try making a few sentences using this vocabulary

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with the nuances we talked about. Coming up with your

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own original sentences is a great way to remember vocabulary.

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And if you're looking for a fun, friendly place to

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practice this kind of English, then come join my podcast

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the less from these podcasts. Just check the link where

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you're listening, or visit Myhappy English dot com and choose

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podcast episode nine thirty one for more info. Hey, thanks

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for listening, and remember, learning another language is not easy,

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but it's not impossible, and I'm here to help you

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on your journey.

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