Is this construction "high time to infinitive" grammatically correct?
It is high time to consider the problem on a global scale.
I just came across this sentence in a dictionary, but it seems like "high time" is not used with "to infinitive" like that, seeing the answers by native speakers, but I'm sure whether it's really grammatically wrong.
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fire1 It is high time to consider the problem on a global scale. Google search results show that "high time to ~" has a long history of use, including literary use by apparently educated writers. However, to me, this sentence sounds incorrect.
- fire1 It is high time to consider the problem on a global scale.
- Google search results show that "high time to ~" has a long history of use, including literary use by apparently educated writers.
- However, to me, this sentence sounds incorrect.
- To me, it should be "high time we considered" (assuming that "we" is the most appropriate pronoun).
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fire1It is high time to consider the problem on a global scale.
Google search results show that "high time to ~" has a long history of use, including literary use by apparently educated writers. However, to me, this sentence sounds incorrect. To me, it should be "high time we considered" (assuming that "we" is the most appropriate pronoun).
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