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You need to start with a capital letter and end with a period/full stop. " Other dialects of English may use "timely" so I won't say that is wrong.
- You need to start with a capital letter and end with a period/full stop.
- " Other dialects of English may use "timely" so I won't say that is wrong.
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You need to start with a capital letter and end with a period/full stop.
In the US, we'd asy "in time." Other dialects of English may use "timely" so I won't say that is wrong.
In the US, we'd asy "in time." Other dialects of English may use "timely" so I won't say that is wrong.
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"We reached the station in time" because in time means that you have enough time at your disposal. If you wanted to reach the station let's say at six and you reach it exactly at six, you would say "We reached the station on time"
However, if you are in a situation in which you reached the station at a suitable time for example:
Despite the problems with our car we reached the s
However, if you are in a situation in which you reached the station at a suitable time for example:
Despite the problems with our car we reached the s
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sync2009Despite the problems with our car we reached the station timely enough to receive the guests.This wouldn't be used in the US -- or at least, in none of the places I've ever lived. I do find these regional variations fascinating.
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Grammar GeekAlthough it would be understood, it is also not used in Australia.sync2009Despite the problems with our car we reached the station timely enough to receive the guests.
This wouldn't be used in the US -- or at least, in none of the places I've ever lived. I do find these regional variations fascinating.
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Ah, how intersting it is to see people in different part of the English speaking world have differnt interpreation of the terms in discussion. I see it like this:
On time - If my flight is scheduled to depart at 6 pm and I got to the gate at 5:55, I barely made in "on time"
In time -If I arrived the gate at 5:58 pm as the airline staff closed the cabin door of the plain, I just made
On time - If my flight is scheduled to depart at 6 pm and I got to the gate at 5:55, I barely made in "on time"
In time -If I arrived the gate at 5:58 pm as the airline staff closed the cabin door of the plain, I just made
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We reach the station timely
Anonymouswe reached the station in time / timely
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Can someone who is a native-speaker of UK-English confirm that you'd say "We got there timely" to mean "in a timely manner" or "in/on time"?
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Although I am now Australian, I was born in UK, and had quite a lot of family around in Aust. for influence, and none say
"we got there timely". It sounds so wrong.
As said above, it should be:-
We got there in a timely manner (if you want to use the word "timely")
But more commonly
We got there in time..........If you got there before it was too late, could mean howe
"we got there timely". It sounds so wrong.
As said above, it should be:-
We got there in a timely manner (if you want to use the word "timely")
But more commonly
We got there in time..........If you got there before it was too late, could mean howe
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Longman (a learner's dictionary) only says "timely" is an adjective, so you can only say "a timely arrival", "in a timely manner". Merriam-Webster (the king of dictionaries) on the other hand mentions its usage as an adverb too: in time.
Maybe it's not very used, but if it's in MW then it must have been in use somewhere, sometime, at least in the US.
Maybe it's not very used, but if it's in MW then it must have been in use somewhere, sometime, at least in the US.
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