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Jacklong Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

complete the sentence

It’s already now. Don’t you think it’s about time ________?

A) we are going home B) we go home

C) we went home D) we can go home

Which one will you choose to best complete the sentence and why?

I thought B or D would be the correct one, but I was told C is correct. I don't understand why C is correct. Someone, if you know why C is correct or not correct, tell me please!



Thank you in advance!
  

Top answer

Yes, the anwser is C. "It's (high) time" takes a subjunctive/modal preterite please correct the name, someone! "It's high time we went" (see Joe Cocker), "it's high time he were in bed", etc...

— Pieanne

  • Yes, the anwser is C.
  • "It's (high) time" takes a subjunctive/modal preterite please correct the name, someone!
  • "It's high time we went" (see Joe Cocker), "it's high time he were in bed", etc...
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Yes, the anwser is C. "It's (high) time" takes a subjunctive/modal preterite please correct the name, someone!

"It's high time we went" (see Joe Cocker), "it's high time he were in bed", etc...
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We can sometimes use Simple Past to refer to the present and this is called Unreal Past.........you know......for wishes.......
eg. I wish I were rich!!!( but i'm not)..........to wish for something that we wanted to be different in the present but it's not. In this category belongs the " It is (high) time" expression..................so remmember..........after " It's (high) time"
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Pieanne
Yes, the anwser is C. "It's (high) time" takes a subjunctive/modal preterite please correct the name, someone!

"It's high time we went" (see Joe Cocker), "it's high time he were in bed", etc...

I agree that it's (c) but I'm not sure why. The past subjunctive is used to express something contrary to fact eg, 'suppose I were to off
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Schoolteacher We can sometimes use Simple Past to refer to the present and this is called Unreal Past.........you know......for wishes.......
eg. I wish I were rich!!!( but i'm not)..........to wish for something that we wanted to be different in the present but it's not. In this category belongs the " It is (high) time" expression..................so remmember.....
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I know the answer is (c), however, I don't know the reason why. The example is neither the past subjunctive or the second conditional, which are the only two forms that I know of where we use the past simple to refer to the present or the future.
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Thank you all for what you have written here. I can understand it right now, but It is high time I went to bed. Thank you again.
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