- Usage note: already / just / yet

 

- Usage note: already / just / yet

Usage note: already / just / yet

Already and yet are usually used with the present perfect tense,
but in North American English they can also be used with the simple past tense:
I already did it.
Did you eat yet?

However, this is much more common in spoken than in written English and some Americans
do not consider it acceptable, even in speech. The present perfect is more common
in North American English and almost always used in British English:
I’ve already done it.
Have you eaten yet?

Just is mostly used with the perfect tenses in British English
and with the simple past in North American English:
I’ve just had some bad news. (British English)
I just got some bad news. (North American English)

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