Unit 107
Still and yet Any more / any longer / no longer
(a) Still и yet
Мы употребляем still, чтобы сказать, что ситуация
или действие все еще продолжаются. Обычно still
стоит в середине предложения рядом с глаголом
(более точ но о местоположении см. Unit 106b):
- It's 10 o'clock and Tom is still in bed.
- `Have you given up smoking?' `No, I still smoke.'
- Are you still living in the same house or have you moved?
- When I went to bed, Ann was still working.
- Do you still want to go to the party or have you changed your mind?
Мы употребляем yet, если мы спрашиваем, случилось
ли что-то или говорим, что что-то не произошло.
Мы употребляем yet главным образом в вопросах и
отрицаниях. Yet обычно стоит в конце предложения:
- I'm hungry. Is dinner ready yet?
- Have you finished writing that letter yet?
- It's 10 o'clock and Tom hasn't got up yet. (или ... isn't up yet.)
- We don't know where we're going for our holidays yet.
Часто мы используем yet с present perfect
(`Have you finished writing that letter yet?').
См. Unit 15b.
Теперь сравните still и yet в следующих
предложениях:
- Jack lost his job a year ago and he is still unemployed.
Jack lost his job a year ago and hasn't found another job yet.
- Is it still raining?
Has it stopped raining yet?
Still также можно употреблять в отрицательных
предложениях:
- He said he would be here an hour ago and he still hasn't come.
Значение такое же как и `he hasn't come yet'.
Однако, конструкция still ... not указывает на
более сильное чувство удивления (раздражения).
Сравните:
- She hasn't written to me yet. (но 'I expect she will write soon')
- She still hasn't written to me. (she should have written before now)
(b) Мы употребляем not ... any more, и not ... any
longer no longer, чтобы сказать, что ситуация
изменилась Any more и any longer стоят в конце
предложения:
- Mr Davies doesn't work here any more (или any longer). He left
about six months ago.
- We were good friend once but we aren't friends any more (или any
longer).
No longer стоит в середине предложения
(см. Unit 106b):
- We are no longer friends.
- She no longer loves him.
Обычно мы не употребляем no more
следующим образом:
- He is no longer a student. (но не `He is no more a student')