Can we talk?

[wendykh]

http://community.livejournal.com/grammarpolice/3402504.html

Discuss.

I personally like "as of yet," think "as yet" sounds... weird, and plain "yet" even worse.

http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/asofyet.html says that “As of yet” is a windy and pretentious substitute for plain old English “yet” or “as yet,” an unjustified extension of the pattern in sentences like “as of Friday the 27th of May.”

I am not seeing where that means it's wrong.

And yes, btw, I don't give a tinker's damn what some intellectual says about ending sentences in prepostions (particularly "of"), I think it sounds nicer to reword even if it's technically not incorrect to leave a sentence in disrepair, state of.

If someone can point me to an appropriate "MAUVAIS REPONSE!" citing, I shall be happy to eat my hat.
Note: any university newspaper style guide is not an appropriate citing for this purpose.

Comments

[dzuunmod.livejournal.com]

I like as of yet and yet, but not as yet. This is all just personal preference I think, though.

[thepersona.livejournal.com]

"As of yet" should be "as of now". "Now" is a fixed moment in time. "Yet" is not a moment in time.

It's bad, though I wouldn't say it's "wrong". The meaning is still clear.

[wendykh.livejournal.com]

yet
yet /yɛt/
–adverb
1. at the present time; now: Don't go yet. Are they here yet?