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Teo Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
high time
1 i 00 It's high time 01 font 00 for you to teach them some tricks 02 font 00 before they're too old to learn. 02 i 02 br
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' Hmm. Now I'm not sure which one to choose; we obviously have something else working here. One of the uses of subjunctive is apparently in ' 01 i 00 it's time (that) 02 i 00 ' clauses.
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- Now I'm not sure which one to choose; we obviously have something else working here.
- One of the uses of subjunctive is apparently in ' 01 i 00 it's time (that) 02 i 00 ' clauses.
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0 I think the more common form is ' 01 i 00 it's 01 b 00 high time you taught 02 b 00 them. 02 i 00 ..' 02 br
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00 PS: Or ' 01 i 00 it's high time you teach them 02 i 00 ..' Hmm. Now I'm not sure which one to choose; we obviously have something else working here. One of the uses of subjunctive is apparently in ' 01 i 00
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00 PS: Or ' 01 i 00 it's high time you teach them 02 i 00 ..' Hmm. Now I'm not sure which one to choose; we obviously have something else working here. One of the uses of subjunctive is apparently in ' 01 i 00
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01 cite 10 Mister Micawber 12 cite 10 I think the more common form is ' 11 i 10 it's 11 b 10 high time you taught 12 b 10 them. 12 i 10 ..' 12 br
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0 <I agree with Micawber. 02 br
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00 The expression is "It 01 b 00 time/about time/high time 02 b 00 you taught them."> 02 br
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00 The expression is "It 01 b 00 time/about time/high time 02 b 00 you taught them."> 02 br
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00 Not always: 02 br
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0 It was 01 b 01 u 00 time 02 u 02 b 00 01 b 00 to get 02 b 00 a job 02 br
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00 It was 01 b 01 u 00 high 02 u 02 b 00 01 b 01 u 00 time 02 u 02 b 00 01 b 01 u 00 for 02 u 02 b 00 Benjamin 01 b 00 to 02 b 00 get married = It was high
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00 It was 01 b 01 u 00 high 02 u 02 b 00 01 b 01 u 00 time 02 u 02 b 00 01 b 01 u 00 for 02 u 02 b 00 Benjamin 01 b 00 to 02 b 00 get married = It was high
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00 It's high time you taught them some tricks before they're too old to learn. 0240href http://www.englishclub.com/esl-forums/viewtopic.php?p=309474#309474
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0 Yes, but Englishclub.com Grammar Help Desk forum does not allow any discussion, Teo-- their moderator, Alan, locks each thread as soon as he has responded. In this case, he did not even answer your question; as you can see from the above comments, there are actually several acceptable forms. 0-
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