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Is it correct?
It's important to me that my employees to be on time
5 feb 2017 16:56
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No, this is not correct. The correct way to say it is, "It's important to me that my employees be on time." The "to" in front of "be" should not be there. Alternatively you could say, "It's important to me *for* my employees to be on time," but that sounds a bit awkward and in that sentence you would normally omit the "to me."
5 febbraio 2017
1
It's almost correct - this is a great example of present subjunctive:
"It's important to me that my employees be on time."
So you need "be" instead of "to be". Present subjunctive in English tends to be formal, so you can write the contraction fully and remove "to me" if you want.
5 febbraio 2017
That's a great sentence! Yes, it's correct and I agree with you. When I ran a business, it was really important that staff turned up on time.
5 febbraio 2017
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Inglese, Persiano (farsi), Turco
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Inglese
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