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Hi. Is this sentence correct? Also, what is the underlined part? Is it some kind of subordinate clause?

Now that it is done, it's time to move on.

Also, if the sentence above is written as a spoken content, should we also shorten (contract) the words "it is" in the underlined part to "it's," or perhaps could we shorten (contract) a phrase and not another in a sentence when written as spoken (when there are two)? I hope I have written correctly to reflect what I wanted to say, but I am not sure, though. Anyway, thank you for your help in advance.

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Is this sentence correct? Also, what is the underlined part? Is it some kind of subordinate clause? Yes, it's an adverbial clause.

Now that it is done, it's time to move on.

Also, if the sentence above is written as a spoken content, should we also shorten (contract) the words "it is" in the underlined part to "it's," or perhaps could we shorten (contract) a phrase and not another in a sentence when written as spoken (when there are two)?

In speech and in informal writing, it's normal to contract both occurrences of it's.

For more formality, don't use contractions.

Clive

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