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18-Mar-2006, 13:31
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Hello,I have a few questions which I don't understand,could anyone explain to me 1. I can not find the difference between " on time " and " in time" 2. I could not_______ these two words. What should I put in the blank among "differentiate" or "discriminate" or "distinguish" .
I really want to know.
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18-Mar-2006, 15:57
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| |  Re: in time or on time ?
in time and on time are completely different from each other.
when I arrive somewhere on time, that means that i was sopposed to be there at 8.00 and i was there at about 7.50 . means a little sooner that the appointed time
but when i was supposed to be somewhere at 8.00 and i get there exactly at 8.00 or 7.59 or the time about a minute sooner or later , i get there IN TIME.
Hope that helps.ask me if you are not satisfied yet.
Matilda
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19-Mar-2006, 00:18
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| |  Re: in time or on time ?
On time- the correct time
In time- you just manage to get there, but stood a good chance of being late.
(Matilda, you use 'in time' in *both* of your explanations)  |
19-Mar-2006, 06:55
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| | Re: in time or on time ?
thanks tdol
i edited my post.
the first explanation was ON TIME and the second one was IN TIME, as one of my teachers said .
:D
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19-Mar-2006, 13:48
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Thank you very much. That helps me so much.  |
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| | Re: in time or on time ?
Hi matilda, I think the contrary is right:
On Time = at exactly the same time
In Time = earlier than expected |
05-May-2008, 08:48
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| | Re: in time or on time ?
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Originally Posted by cscairo  Hi matilda, I think the contrary is right:
On Time = at exactly the same time
In Time = earlier than expected | I agree with Cscairo |
05-May-2008, 09:04
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| | Re: in time or on time ?
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Originally Posted by cscairo Hi matilda, I think the contrary is right:
On Time = at exactly the same time
In Time = earlier than expected | I think that Matilda is right,
"On time" at the right time or a little earlier.
"In time" only just in time.
"Within the time allowed" means before the allotted time span has elapsed.  |
05-May-2008, 09:10
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Originally Posted by k k colin love Hello,I have a few questions which I don't understand,could anyone explain to me 1. I can not find the difference between " on time " and " in time" 2. I could not_______ these two words. What should I put in the blank among "differentiate" or "discriminate" or "distinguish" .
I really want to know.
Thank you in advance. | Sorry, I forgot to answer you second question,
I could not differentiate between these two words
or, I could not distinguish (any difference) between these two words. |
05-May-2008, 09:27
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| | Re: in time or on time ?
In time =before a time limit
On time=according to schedule ;punctual
Source-online dictionary
IN TIME=BEFORE THE SCHEDULED TIME
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