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Old 09-May-2008, 20:48
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I'd like to know about the usage of the terms "time to sleep" and "sleeping time". Are both of them correct forms? Do they have different meanings?

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Default Re: Time to sleep/ Sleeping time

Here are the one's that I am familiar with:

It's time for bed.
It's time to go to bed.
It's bedtime.

It's time to sleep.
It's time to go to sleep.
It's sleepy time.

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what about "sleeping time", what does it mean?
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Default Re: Time to sleep/ Sleeping time

It doesn't really have any meaning. I guess if you were writing out a schedule of activities for a multi-day event, someone might tell you to make sure you schedule sufficient "sleeping time" and didn't have events that go until midnight and start at 6 a.m., but there's no set meaning here.
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Here are the ones that I am familiar with:

It's time for bed.
It's time to go to bed.
It's bedtime.

It's time to sleep.
It's time to go to sleep.
It's sleepy time.

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