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Hellosir66 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Hey Guys, Need Help

0Alright, so my friends seems to think that this sentence, "It's time you learn English.", is correct.02br
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1i00It's time you learned some manners. I'm gonna teach you some right now. 02i00 I've always heard and used past tense for 70 years, even in cases where the "time" is obviously the present. You might say, "By now, you should have learned," but I know there's a better explanation. I just don't know what it is.02br
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00"It's time you learn"
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0 Thanks, but I'm really looking for the specifics of why the sentence structure is incorrect. 0-
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0Hi Avangi, The first time I read your reply, I thought I misread. I did a Google search and the results agree with your habit.02br
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00But my brain is rejecting this construction as it's not logical at all.02br
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00Could you try to convince me why the abrupt change of tense makes sense?02br
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01cite10New2grammar12cite10Could you try to convince me why the abrupt change of tense makes sense?12blockquote
10Why should it make sense? 05400 After all, we're talking about English grammar!02br
00Anyway, somebody says it's an instance of unreal past ... 01blockquote
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0I can understand 'wish', would rather, and 'if' being unreal. But 'it's time' ... even with the most biased view, I still can't accept it. 05002br
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00Anyway, I always use the 'to' or 'for' construction so it's not really a big deal but interesting to know.010id6
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0In the words of Nike, "Just do it!" How's that for a technical reason?02br
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00Hey, N2g, check your inbox.02br
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00Rgdz, - A.0-
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1b00It's time we left02b00.02br
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00 According to an English usage book, the reason for this is that we should have left earlier, but we are still around. It implies that we should leave NOW.0-
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0Please, I would need to know when I use to dress and to wear.0-
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0It's time we left. The above should be posted as a new thread - Aha! 'tis magic. The gremlins are at it.02br
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00First you must dress, and then you must wear what you put on.02br
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01i00Hurry up and shower and dress, so we won't be late for the movies.02i02br
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01i00But I don't have anything to wea
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