STILL

Hello everyone and welcome back to the Daily Vitamin. I hope you had a nice long weekend, if yesterday was a holiday for you; and I hope you had a wonderful Semana Santa.

A while ago we received a couple of requests asking us to explain the difference between STILL, ALREADY and YET.

This is a good question because these words are often confused.

All three words are used to talk about things which are happening or which are expected to happen around the present time.

We will begin our explanation with the word STILL.

STILL: We use still when we want to indicate that something is in the present or is happening now.

The word still is often used to indicate surprise that an action has not finished. The sentence position of still is usually mid-position (after the subject or, in the case of the verb TO BE, after the verb).

Example 1: Jason is still eating lunch. He'll call you when he has finished.

Example 2: Is Ms. Kealsey still in the meeting? She has been in there for two hours!

Example 3: You aren't still angry at me, are you? I told you I was sorry!

Still has meanings other than the adverb form that is explained above, but we will look at those meanings another day. Tomorrow we will explain the adverb yet.

If you still have questions about today's Daily Vitamin, I encourage you to post your questions to one of our social media sites (Facebook or Bluesky). You may also want to post a sentence or two, in English, using this adverb to get some writing practice. We'll get back to you ASAP. 

Have a great day!