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Lucas21c Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

If + time

Could you check whether the following sentence sounds okay?

If it's two thirty, you can go home.

Also, how about "If it becomes two thirty, you can go home"?
  

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lucas21c If it's two thirty, you can go home. This can work in the right context. A: Can I go home now?

— Teechr

  • lucas21c If it's two thirty, you can go home.
  • This can work in the right context.
  • A: Can I go home now?
  • B: If it's two thirty, you can go home.
  • lucas21c If it becomes two thirty, you can go home .
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lucas21cIf it's two thirty, you can go home.
This can work in the right context.

A: Can I go home now?
B: If it's two thirty, you can go home.
lucas21cIf it becomes two thirty, you can go home.
No, that's not natural because it's a matter of "when" not "if"!

Say: "You can go home
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How about "You can go home when it is two thirty"? Is it also okay?
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lucas21cYou can go home when it is two thirty
It's not wrong, but it's a less idiomatic way of saying You can go home at two-thirty. The meaning is the same.

CJ
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