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Why do we use past tense after "it is high time"?
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Aug 13, 2021 10:30 AM
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Why do we use past tense after "it is high time"?
The correct explanation: This is an example of the past subjunctive used to talk about an unreal situation in the present. This is a form of the second conditional. “It’s high time Joe got a haircut. If he got a haircut, he would look better.”
August 14, 2021
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Why do we use past tense after "it is high time"? I isn't always sued with the past tense. You can say "It is high time that you pick up the clothes in your room." "It is high time that you start studying for your exam."
August 13, 2021
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Why do we use past tense after "it is high time"? The reason is in the meaning of it is high time it is informal. and is used to say it is time to do something that should have been done a long time ago. It's high time you got a job It's high time be bought a new car So neither thing has happened yet but they should have happened sometime in the past, hence as use the past tense after it.
August 13, 2021
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