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Amahmood Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

It's time or it's the time?

In terminator 3 Arnold told the boy "It's time." why didn't he tell "It's the time."

In my opinion everytime is "time" but a specific and pre mentioned time is "the time."
  

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It's idiomatic, Amahmood. It's time to go. Have you got time to help me now?

— Mister Micawber

  • It's idiomatic, Amahmood.
  • It's time to go.
  • Have you got time to help me now?
  • We are in time for the meeting.
  • It's time you got a haircut.
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It's idiomatic, Amahmood.

It's time to go.
Have you got time to help me now?
We are in time for the meeting.
It's time you got a haircut.
12:15-- time for lunch!

Specificity/previous mention would suggest that all these require 'the', but they don't.
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0 I've always learnt that after "it's high time", you had to put "were"; is it different with "it's time", or has the rule evolved? 0-
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