I booked a room on a website and want to make sure the room is non-smoking. Therefore I wrote an email to the hotel yesterday and they replied me today:
Regarding your reservation, we change your room type from Smoking to Non-smoking yet.
This message sounds great at first but the "yet" at the end is kind of confusing me. Does that mean "not yet" so I have to keep waiting?
I confirmed with the hotel. They've changed my room to non-smoking already.
@snailplane, @Damkerng and @WendiKidd's replies are helpful. Too bad I can only choose one as answer.
Best Answer
Yet is typically used in questions and negative sentences. For example,
Also note that yet can also be used in conditionals,
Other than that, the use of yet in affirmative sentences is rare, except for a formal style, where it should mean still, for example,
But interpreting the yet in "... we change your room type from Smoking to Non-smoking yet," as still doesn't make sense. So, it should be either one of the guesses in the comments by snailplane and NickStauner.
In my opinion, the first guess is more likely.