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Can I say "it's high time you better stopped smoking" because in "high time" construction we need to use past forms of verbs but here it just looks weird. Maybe better would be "it's high time you better stop smoking"?
2021년 8월 18일 오후 6:38
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hi Izabela! From my POV you can also use: This is the edge of smoking. If you continue, smoking will take a toll on your physical & mental health. Give up smoking is worth it.
2021년 8월 19일
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If the person is smoking marijuana then indeed it’s “high time”.
2021년 8월 19일
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You can't use IT'S HIGH TIME and YOU BETTER in the same sentence, as they both mean approximately the same thing. Either: IT'S HIGH TIME YOU STOPPED SMOKING . . . or YOU BETTER STOP SMOKING . . . BTW, perfectionists might say it's YOU'D BETTER, but YOU BETTER is used pretty commonly.
2021년 8월 19일
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According to formal grammatical rules, this construction is subjunctive. So, technically, the correct wording would be this: "It is high time that you stop smoking." However, in everyday English usage, the past form of the verb is often used: "It's high time you stopped smoking." Likewise, "you better" is not formal English. Even in colloquial English, the phrase is correctly "you had better" or "you'd better"; so "you better" is actually incorrect, but it is commonly used and understood. "It's high time" and "you better" mean approximately the same thing, and so the use of both would be redundant. That is, you should choose one or the other: "It's high time you stopped smoking." "You better stop smoking." Again, neither is grammatically correct, but they are acceptable in colloquial speech. "High time" is something that makes the speaker sound lofty and condescending. One can imagine a raised nose and sharp tone from the person saying it.
2021년 8월 18일
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Hi! You can simply say "its high time you stopped smoking" the meaning of the word "better" is already implied withing tye sentence
2021년 8월 18일
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