There's an interesting difference between: If he didn't already have a girlfriend, I'd ask him out - here we are considering present policy: he has a girlfriend, so I'm not going to ask him out. If he didn't yet have a girlfriend, I'd ask him out - here we are in the past: my habit was to ask out those guys who hadn't found themselves a girlfriend. P.S. The first formula can have the second meaning, but the second formula can't have the first meaning, in my view. https://reurl.cc/44drkK -- Already, still or yet? https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/already-still-or-yet --

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