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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

I'm confused

I think it's about time we found somebody to help make some sense of your life.
What is the tense here - future or past?
They found or they will find?
  

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The implication is that the "finding" will occur in the future, of course. I'm not able to explain (justify) the use of this form found , but it is a very common construction. It might be a remnant of a use of the subjunctive.

— Philip

  • The implication is that the "finding" will occur in the future, of course.
  • I'm not able to explain (justify) the use of this form found , but it is a very common construction.
  • It might be a remnant of a use of the subjunctive.
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The implication is that the "finding" will occur in the future, of course.

I'm not able to explain (justify) the use of this form found, but it is a very common construction. It might be a remnant of a use of the subjunctive.
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There are a few other threads in this forum and in other ESL forums that talk about this "It's about time" structure and how it takes the past form of the verb.

It's about time I bought a new car; it's about time you got a haircut; it's about time you went home for a visit; it's about time you called your mother.

If you change it to the present, it still makes sense: it's about I
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