Can you spell “still” or “yet” in the following sentence?
The atmosphere had relaxed a bit. I can’t stop thinking how strange it is to see my brother being insecure right now.
Which is the right choice? I am confused about which software to use. Which one should I use? A lot of times, two things seem interchangeable to
me.
From Subscrioption-Only LDOCE:
Yet means “it isn’t time to go yet”, while the still is a but is a but. It’s not the time to go yet.
Have you ever seen him?
What was used in the earlier situation and how it should be
used today is **Still* as it means the earlier situation ‘hasn’t changed’.
What do you still do that you don’t understand?
Why you would say in your final paragraph to use still, rather than yet, because you had thought and it hasn’t changed so far, and you are still thinking.
They are technically interchangeable, but yet is a little more old-fashioned and formal. Given the tone of your sentence, I would use still.
Then it was relax, not relax, and seeing would be more inappropriate as compared to watching.
Both yet and still are adversatives, i.e. there’s a difference in definition. , words used to indicate or acknowledge a kind of dialectical tension between sentences or clauses, as representing two more or less opposing viewpoints. This category also includes but, nevertheless, though, nonetheless, and nonetheless. Many of these words have other functions and senses as well, notably including yet and still, but I believe this question addresses with their shared adversative sense.
In this sense, yet functions as a coordinating conjunction, still as a conjunctive adverb.
Because of this difference, they are punctuated a little differently. In case where a period precedes the word, still takes a following comma more often and comfortably than yet does (though you can go either way with any) Thus—
- The atmosphere had relaxed I couldn’t stop thinking how strange it was to watch my cousin being so secure.
- The atmosphere was definitely relaxed. What is it like for a person to see his brother so insecure?
If a period does not precede, though works fine with just a comma or nothing at all before it (and nothing after it, either), while still is happier with a semicolon before and a comma after it.
- My brother was really insecure, and I have been trying to help him, but it didn’t help him. I’m sorry everyone was so insecure.
- It was strange seeing my brother go so hypnotic with insecurity.
What is the best way in which to describe yourself – personally and professionally – during a brief time?
