YET

Hello and happy Friday everyone. Welcome back to the Daily Vitamin. I hope you have had a great week.  

This week we have explained the most common use of the word yet (as an adverb to indicate that something is in the present, not the past). Today we will look at another common meaning: YET as a conjunction. 

Yet can be used to indicate a contrast between two pieces of information. The information in the second clause is surprising if we compare it to the information in the first clause. The meaning is similar to the adverbial phrases despite the fact, in spite of the fact, or however.

With the above meaning, the sentence position of yet is usually at the beginning of the second clause.

Example 1: You seem so organised, yet your desk is always in an awful mess!

Example 2: All of the citizens say they are proud of their city, yet many continue to throw their rubbish on the ground and not in a bin.

If you look in a good dictionary or online, you will find more meanings of the word yet. We've only looked at two meanings this week, but we hope this helps to answer your questions.

To get some writing practice, I encourage you to write your own sentence (or two) with YET. You can post your sentences to one of our social media sites (Facebook or Bluesky) and we will give you feedback about your writing ASAP.

We'll be back on Monday with more lessons.

Have an excellent weekend!