A Word I Don’t Grasp Yet.
Where is a woman’s ‘YET’? And what is it? This is a word I often use, but it would now appear that I use it incorrectly all along;
if one can believe the newspapers.I have tried several dictionaries, but the explanations offered do not make any sense to me at all; given the context of the sentence. With me not knowing much about women and English being only a second language to me, I need some help here.
I have encountered the word in a newspaper report this morning about a failed attempt to rob a bank in Cape Town. A female police officer was wounded during the shootout with the robbers.
The newspaper reported as follows:
Her condition is stable, but the bullet has not been removed from YET.
So if the bullet is still to be removed from her YET, then I think it is reasonable to assume that she was shot in her YET.
If anybody can, please tell me: Where is a woman’s YET? I know for a fact that I do not have a YET.
Friendly greetings all round.
Comments (107)
Wish you a awesome Monday and a good week to come, my friend.
Are you joking?
Or you want to know where a woman?s YET is, for which I have no idea of what you are talking about
Maybe in the newspaper the word Her was omitted:
"her condition is stable, but the bullet has not been removed from her yet"
Could you please clarify what exactly you would like to know?
Hmm, maybe the journalist and editor also have have English in the lower grade as 2nd language.
I have read you comment several times with big attention. I have come to the conclusion that you either know all about the word or nothing.
I am yet to decide whether it is the first or the latter.
I am yet to decide if this is serious or a joke. I must also admit that I did not have today's newspaper under my eyes yet. Yet it is perfectly possible that yet another armed robbery took place in Cape Town yesterday.
Warm greetings from Cape Town. We look forward to yet another scorching day. We are baking and it is not yet lunchtime.
How is your housemoving coming along. It must be a tedious job. I am so lucky, I have not moved house in 35 years; yet I remember it like yesterday.
I don't appreciate seeing my married-on family here on the blogs.
I have just repaired the dent in it and this thing does not look as it will be dislodged easy.
I fail to see what is so funny, This is no laughing matter.
Hit him on the kneecaps?
Yes, it is terrible; and every now and then you have to upgrade it to a new version.
It is almost like new locomotives during the previous two centuries. Every time it wa Bigger, Better & Stronger.
I fear lost a few meters over the past 30 years. More than that over longer distances. How long will he pursue.
@ Cat - That is in direct proportion to how hard you knee-cap him.... If you hit him hard enough there won't be any reason to run,.....
At a future time; eventually this may ? change his mind. Besides, in addition,he returned for ? another helping. Still more, even ? a sadder tale.
Nevertheless: young ? wise.
And despite this; nevertheless: She said she would be late, ? she arrived on time.
Idiom:
Up to the present time; up to now.
She was probably shot in the "but"
It is like Windows. I don't like Vista, 7 or 8. I still use Win XP. Every time a new piece of software I fear that it won't work on my machine. I'm delaying but at some stage I will have to upgrade.
Hi Glitch,
It is terrible when one does not have full command of a language.
English can be such a confusing language.
I'm probably just to conservative. But then I have always been resistant to change. I have never liked new things.
Yet you understood my play on words.
I loved it. I never knew 'yet' and 'but' could be used interchangeably. You're right. Probably shot in the but!
I also used all up to XP. But always 6-18 months late. And by the time I get used to one, Bill Gates just surprise with another.
Why you only tell me now. Now I have already changed all my stationary.
7 minutes ago
@ Cat - 'yet' and 'but' can only be used interchangably in SOME circumstances...... professor
I know that yet you deem it necessary to remind me,but Catfoot didn't.