modal verb + YET – English Grammar Profiler

At C2 in the English Vocabulary Profile:

could/may/might, etc. yet
used to say there is still a possibility that something will happen

For example:

We may yet one day realize the vision of having the internet in our brains.

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And it seems like it‘s very possible that your nation, despite, actually because of the intense problems you face, 

you may yet be the warning light to the world that shines most visibly, most powerfully.

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_VM yet _VVI

1 MAY YET PROVE 889 2 COULD YET PROVE 662 3 MAY YET COME 493 4 MAY YET SEE 395 5 COULD YET SEE 380 6 MAY YET GET 370 7 MAY YET BECOME 308 8 MAY YET FIND 296 9 MAY YET TURN 284 10 COULD YET MAKE 272 11 COULD YET BECOME 237 12 COULD YET END 224 13 COULD YET COME 219 14 COULD YET FACE 190 15 MAY YET CHANGE 188 16 MIGHT YET PROVE 183 17 MAY YET MAKE 182 18 COULD YET PLAY 178 19 COULD YET GET 175 20 COULD YET TURN 174 21 MAY YET FACE 164 22 COULD YET CHANGE 158

23 MAY YET EMERGE 158

24 MAY YET END 154 25 COULD YET GO 150 26 COULD YET TAKE 145 27 MAY YET DECIDE 140 28 COULD YET RETURN 136 29 MAY YET TAKE 136 30 MAY YET WIN 133 31 MAY YET GO 124 32 MAY YET RETURN 116 33 COULD YET FIND 115 34 COULD YET WIN 115 35 MAY YET FALL 114 36 MAY YET PLAY 107 37 MAY YET HAPPEN 106 38 MIGHT YET COME 103 39 MAY YET LEAD 101

40 COULD YET EMERGE 99

41 MIGHT YET SEE 97 42 COULD YET FEATURE 92 43 COULD YET DECIDE 87 44 COULD YET FINISH 86 45 MAY YET NEED 85 46 MIGHT YET GET 85 47 MIGHT YET BECOME 84 48 MAY YET PROVIDE 79 49 COULD YET LEAD 78 50 MAY YET BRING 75 51 MIGHT YET TURN 75 52 MAY YET SAVE 74 53 COULD YET HAPPEN 73 54 MAY YET SURPRISE 72 55 MAY YET REACH 71 56 COULD YET PROVIDE 69 57 COULD YET LEAVE 68 58 MAY YET RISE 68 59 COULD YET FORCE 67 60 COULD YET MOVE 62 61 MAY YET PAY 61 62 MAY YET SUCCEED 61 63 MIGHT YET MAKE 61 64 COULD YET BRING 59 65 COULD YET FALL 59 66 MAY YET GIVE 59 67 MAY YET SURVIVE 57 68 MIGHT YET CHANGE 56 69 MAY YET HELP 55 70 MAY YET LIVE 55 71 COULD YET RISE 54 72 MAY YET REMAIN 54 73 COULD YET ADD 52 74 MIGHT YET FIND 52 75 COULD YET REMAIN 51 76 COULD YET STAY 49 77 COULD YET JOIN 48 78 MIGHT YET WIN 48 79 COULD YET CAUSE 47 80 MAY YET YIELD 47 81 COULD YET EARN 44 82 COULD YET LOSE 44 83 MAY YET CAUSE 44 84 COULD YET FOLLOW 43 85 CAN YET SAY 42 86 MAY YET ADD 42 87 MAY YET CONTINUE 42 88 MAY YET FORCE 42 89 MAY YET STAY 42 90 MAY YET REGRET 41 91 COULD YET SAVE 40 92 MAY YET HOLD 40 93 MAY YET LIE 40 94 MAY YET PULL 40 95 MAY YET LOSE 39 96 MAY YET RESULT 39 97 COULD YET DERAIL 38 98 MAY YET JOIN 38 99 COULD YET PULL 37

1 WOULD WANT YET . 82 2 WILL HAPPEN YET . 34 3 WILL WORK YET . 18 4 WILL COST YET . 11 5 WILL GO YET . 10 6 MAY HAPPEN YET . 8 7 COULD HAPPEN YET . 8 8 WILL PLAY YET . 8 9 ‘LL GO YET . 7