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Can "already" be used in questions? : Have you finished your homework yet (already)? https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/grammar-reference/just-yet-still-already
Jan 27, 2015 4:40 PM
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Yes, you can. If I expected you to take two hours to finish your homework and you did it in forty minutes, I would say to you 'Have you finished your homework already?'. I know that you seem to have finished it, and I am surprised that it took you so little time. This is very different from 'Have you finished your homework yet?', when I am enquiring whether you have finished or not.
January 27, 2015
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Have you finished it yet? (speaker doesn't know, no expectations) Have you finished it already? (speaker is looking at finished homework, it's done)
January 27, 2015
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