Simple past tense
why is it
it is time they had food
instead of it is time they have food
Top answer
This "had" is not a true temporal past tense but instead describes an imagined situation (in this case something that the speaker desires to happen). It is a little like "I wish I had some food", for example. Please try to use correct capitals and punctuation in your posts rather than typing in an unpunctuated stream of lower-case letters.
- This "had" is not a true temporal past tense but instead describes an imagined situation (in this case something that the speaker desires to happen).
- It is a little like "I wish I had some food", for example.
- Please try to use correct capitals and punctuation in your posts rather than typing in an unpunctuated stream of lower-case letters.
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This "had" is not a true temporal past tense but instead describes an imagined situation (in this case something that the speaker desires to happen). It is a little like "I wish I had some food", for example.
Please try to use correct capitals and punctuation in your posts rather than typing in an unpunctuated stream of lower-case letters.
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