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  1. 30-Dec-2012, 21:21 #1
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    Hello,

    Is it OK to say 'it's about time to go'' because I know that we can use ''it's about time we went''?

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  2. 30-Dec-2012, 22:04 #2
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    Yes, it's OK.
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    Default Re: about time to

    Thanks for the answer. Last question about it.

    -It was high time to escape.

    Is that OK?

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    Yes, that's fine, too.

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    Default Re: about time to

    It's OK but I would normally expect to see "It's high time ..." followed by a person and a verb, rather than "to + verb".

    It's high time he stopped doing that.
    It's high time the government started taking notice of the people's opinions.
    It's high time that child learnt to read.
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