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Lucas21c Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Could you help me?

Could you tell me which sentence is right among the following ones?

A. This is my first time to visit Hong Kong.
B. This is my first time visiting Hong Kong.
C. This is my first time I have visited Hong Kong.
  

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How about "This is my first time I visit Hong Kong?"
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lucas21cwhich sentence
A and B are understandable but not great; C is wrong. I would use: This is the first time I have visited Hong Kong.

CJ
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lucas21cHow about "This is my first time I visit Hong Kong?"
No. It's the doubling up of my and I that makes it unidiomatic. And the present tense doesn't work there either. But if you haven't gone yet, but you are planning to go, you can say these. They all say the same thing.

This will be the first time I visit Hon
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I am curious Cj. If I am visiting HK and I got into a conversation with another tourist on a ferry to the island, and I said " this is my first time visiting Hong Kong". In the context of the conversation, wouldn't it be grammatically correct?
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grammarfreakwouldn't it be grammatically correct?
Yes. You can use either one.

[This is / It's] my first time visiting Hong Kong.

CJ
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