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Yoong Liat
 
Reply Mon 29 Oct, 2007 08:53 am
"It's time that you get a haircut."
"It's time that you got a haircut."

In BrE, sentence is correct. However is sentence 1 allowed in AmE?

Many thanks.
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contrex
 
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Reply Mon 29 Oct, 2007 09:58 am
Sentence 1 is incorrect in any form of English
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Yoong Liat
 
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Reply Mon 29 Oct, 2007 10:03 am
Thanks, Contrex.
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JTT
 
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Reply Mon 29 Oct, 2007 09:46 pm
1. "It's time that you get a haircut."
2. "It's time that you got a haircut."


contrex wrote:
Sentence 1 is incorrect in any form of English


Why is #1 'incorrect', Contrex?
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Tomkitten
 
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Reply Mon 29 Oct, 2007 10:53 pm
It's time you get/got
Both are correct.
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dadpad
 
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Reply Mon 29 Oct, 2007 11:20 pm
Interesting. Another BrE/AmE difference?

1. is not correct as far as I'm concerned.

Its time for you TO GET a haircut.
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contrex
 
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Reply Tue 30 Oct, 2007 12:41 am
dadpad wrote:
Interesting. Another BrE/AmE difference?

1. is not correct as far as I'm concerned.

Its time for you TO GET a haircut.


Thanks, dadpad.
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McTag
 
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Reply Tue 30 Oct, 2007 02:53 am
JTT wrote:
1. "It's time that you get a haircut."
2. "It's time that you got a haircut."


contrex wrote:
Sentence 1 is incorrect in any form of English


Why is #1 'incorrect', Contrex?


Well that's interesting.
Subjunctive isn't it.
But most unusual.

Don't forget, in all this high-faluting parsing and analysis, that Yoong Liat is a learner. It's sometimes hard to pitch the answer just right.

Or am I being patronising? Embarrassed
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McTag
 
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Reply Tue 30 Oct, 2007 06:53 am
"Get me to the church on time"

"It's important that I get to the church on time"

Maybe not so unusual as I thought at first.
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JTT
 
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Reply Tue 30 Oct, 2007 08:24 am
McTag wrote:
JTT wrote:
1. "It's time that you get a haircut."
2. "It's time that you got a haircut."


contrex wrote:
Sentence 1 is incorrect in any form of English


Why is #1 'incorrect', Contrex?


Well that's interesting.
Subjunctive isn't it.
But most unusual.

Don't forget, in all this high-faluting parsing and analysis, that Yoong Liat is a learner. It's sometimes hard to pitch the answer just right.

Or am I being patronising?

NEVER

Embarrassed


The subjunctive is but one choice for speakers, McTag. The subjunctive illustrates a more doubtful demeanor but we don't always have to use that which shows great doubt if we don't mean to express great doubt.

We don't stick to grammar rules for the sole purpose of fulfilling grammar rules, rather we use grammatical meanings to express ourselves in language.
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