It is high time somebody did something
It is high time we take back that which was stolen from you. All of those who wish to join my fight, you follow me!
Source: http://www.charmedscripts.tv/carpe_demon.htm
The above sentence is from the American TV show "Charmed". The structure that I have learned is " It is high time somebody did something". So grammatically, is this sentence wrong? Should we say "It is high time we took back..."?
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- It's wrong in British English as far as I know, but Americans accept both tenses after "It's high time" with a preference for the past.
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cat fold 525So grammatically, is this sentence wrong? Should we say "It is high time we took back..."?
It's wrong in British English as far as I know, but Americans accept both tenses after "It's high time" with a preference for the past.
CJ
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