still has not vs has still not

"Still has not" and "has still not" are correct English constructions. The choice between them depends on the emphasis you want to give to the sentence. If you want to emphasize the persistence of the action not happening, you can use "still has not." On the other hand, if you want to emphasize the action itself not happening, you can use "has still not."

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still has not

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that something has not happened up to the present moment, emphasizing the persistence of the action not occurring.

Examples:

He still has not replied to my email.
The package still has not arrived.
She still has not finished her homework.

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However, modern science still has not found evidence of this mysterious microscopic material.
Again I insist that the Court of Justice still has not taken a decision.
Regrettably, this aim still has not been attained and very substantial social and economic development gaps persist between EU Member States and regions.
Sixteen years have gone by, but Russia still has not become au fait with the need to respect the territorial integrity and sovereignty of independent countries along its borders.
We have the strong impression that this still has not been regulated terribly well.
On the other hand, we have the distinct impression that the Commission still has not managed to strike the right balance between guaranteeing the freedom of provision of services on the one hand and protecting employees on the other.
Tillack still has not got the confiscated documents back.
More than two years after the expiry of the deadline, Parliament still has not had any proposal of this kind referred to it.
I especially agree with her observation that the Union still has not enough data protection rules to deal with third pillar matters.
Two and a half years have passed and Commissioner Nielson still has not managed to visit this country where genocide is taking place.
To take one example, at the end of September 2006 the Commission still has not paid for evaluations performed in April 2006.
However, the Commission still has not submitted the document which it had said that it would submit in December 2007.
Most experts believe that Jacques Beaulieu, who still has not spoken, will likely be sent to a psychiatric hospital.
We are now three years down the road and the Commission still has not made any progress towards an EU Recommendation on CVD.
Despite the efforts of the EIB, we know that credit still has not started to flow again.
We have to be aware that the crisis still has not hit the labour market with its full force.
It is quite evident that the Committee of the Regions still has not taken this in hand in earnest: quite the reverse.
Although it has its own autonomous government, a capital, a flag, a currency and an army, it still has not secured international recognition.
Since the NATO operation has still has not produced significant positive results, how can it intervene to prevent more bloodshed?
The CFSP, the common foreign and security policy of the European Union still has not really got off the ground, four years after the Treaty of Maastricht entered into force.

Alternatives:

has still not
has not yet
still does not have
has not still
has not yet

has still not

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that something has not happened up to the present moment, emphasizing the action itself not occurring.