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Old 19-May-2004, 22:21
CuriousT
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Originally Posted by RonBee
"Nobody has yet to describe her as the anti-Christ" means nobody has described her that way yet. The sentence holds open the possibility that somebody might still do it.

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RonBee,

Thank you for your reply.

If you say something like the following:

(1) Her critics have yet to describe her as the anti-Christ

it means "her critics haven't described her as the anti-Christ yet", doesn't it?

If you have "no one" instead as the subject as in the following:

(2) No one has yet to describe her as the anti-Christ

doesn't it mean "there is no one who hasn't described her as the anti-Christ yet," i.e., "everyone has described her as the anti-Christ"?

CuriousT
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