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Debpriya De Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
High time
Why do we use past tense with "high time" and "about time" as in "It is high time you went to work" ?
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It is used because idiomatic English requires it. As it doesn't refer to the past, some grammarians don't even call it a past tense at all. They use the term preterite / preterit.
- It is used because idiomatic English requires it.
- As it doesn't refer to the past, some grammarians don't even call it a past tense at all.
- They use the term preterite / preterit.
- CB
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It is used because idiomatic English requires it. As it doesn't refer to the past, some grammarians don't even call it a past tense at all. They use the term preterite / preterit.
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