How to use “yet” and “whatsoever”
“Yet” can be used in a few different ways. I’ll go over a couple of the most common and most important uses.
1. “Up to this moment; now “
He’s not here yet. (He is not here now but he will be here.)
I haven’t been to Japan yet. (I have never been to Japan but I plan on going.)
Are we there yet? (Are we there?)
2. But still, nevertheless
What you said is strange yet very true.
3. In addition (emphasizes a slight surprise)
This website has yet another user.
You’ve made that same mistake several times in the past but now you are making it yet again.
“Whatsoever”
Whatsoever basically is used to emphasize, “not at all”
I have no idea whatsoever. (I have absolutely no idea.)
I can’t speak Korean whatsoever. (I can’t say anything at all in Korean.)
That has nothing whatsoever to do with me. (That has absolutely nothing to do with me.)
That makes no sense whatsoever. (That makes no sense at all.)
Learning and Improving English
June 11th, 2007 at 8:47 pm
Congratulations you guys you are doing a great service. I found you on Itunes a week ago and since I have been a regular listener.
August 2nd, 2007 at 5:36 pm
Hey, guys, I think you’ve made contribution to Chinese people those who really want to learn English. I share your feelings that “making foreign friends”, that is we Chinese shall not always start a conversation with a foreign stranger in the street just because we want to practice English. A funny story about this is that one day a pupil met a foreinger in the street, he really just wanted to practice his spoken English, so started a converstion with the foreigner in this way:”Hello, Can you speak English?” “Yeah”, the foreigner replied. The next sentence was:” Do you like playing basketball?” “Yeah, but how?” The boy then just ran away, which left the foreign much confused. The reason why this boy started such a funny conversation with a foreigner is that he could only speak the two sentences. You know, Chinese attach great importance on English learning, people have the desire to learn English well, so such thing may happen even on a pupil. Chinese people is a open-minded nation, they are nice and friendly, and for the “communication conflict”, most Chinese people who try to speak English become inclined to empoly this language for business and for the purpose of really sharing common interests with foreign friends, which could avoid such “communication conflict”. Namely, they are reasonble.
Finally, wish you enjoy yourselves in China. Er, I think I also need to improve my English, I would be appreciated if you could offer me some help.