Tomas
I still have to / I have yet to Hi! 1) Is there any difference between the epressions I stated above? Is any of them more casual or familiar? For example: - I still have to do my homewrok / I have yet to do my homewrok. - I still have to go there / I have yet to go there. 2) Are theese sentences correct and do they sound English ? If not please write them in your way. - I yet have to go to the toilet - I don't like him but yet I have to get on with him.
Oct 11, 2014 12:12 PM
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'I have yet to.. ' is more formal and would not usually be used in speech, unless you were trying to be extra-formal or posh. To put those sentences into good English. I have to go to the toilet/ I need to go to the toilet. (or to sound like an English person: 'I've got to go to the toilet'/ 'I need the loo.') I don't like him, yet I have to get on with him. To an English person, this sounds wrong anyway, because 'yet' is a formal construction, but 'get on with' is a casual construction. Better would be: Formal = I don't care for him, yet I need to co-operate with him. Informal = I don't like him, but I've got to get on with him.
October 11, 2014
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As a native English speaker, to me ‘I have yet to’ is way more formal than ‘I still have to’, but both are grammatically correct. For your second question; I would say ‘I still haven’t been to the toilet’, and ‘I don’t like him and I have yet to get on with him’. Hope this helps!
October 11, 2014
i have not to go to the toilet yet,
October 11, 2014
i still have to do my homework means you may not do your homework and you have to do it .i have yet to do my homework means you do some homework you don't work out it and you do it still.
October 11, 2014
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