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- 15-Mar-2011, 20:30 #1
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I still haven't finished Hello,
I would like to know which of these two sentences you, native speakers, use more frequently.
a) I still haven't finished my homework
b) I haven't finished my homework yet
Do they have the same meaning for you?
Thank you for your helpLast edited by ratóncolorao; 15-Mar-2011 at 20:45.
- 15-Mar-2011, 23:25 #2
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Teacher Re: I still haven't finished Basically they have the same meaning. For example, (1)"It's 11:00PM and I still haven't finished my homework. (2) I can't go with you now. I haven't finished my homework yet." Each expression could be used interchangeably in the examples.
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- 15-Mar-2011, 23:34 #3
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Teacher Re: I still haven't finished I agree with that, except that I wouldn't use b) in (1).
For me, if I want to emphasize to my listener that my homework is taking a very long time, it's late and I want to go to bed, I will only use a). b) doesn't have enough power here.
- 16-Mar-2011, 13:29 #4
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Teacher Re: I still haven't finished 
It's pretty rare for words to 'mean the same' (depending crucially on what you mean by 'mean' and 'the same' 
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