heidita
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It's time I write the word of the day without any mistakes.
This is a sentence that came up on this small forum:
Spanish Help Community Forum • View topic - It's time I write the word of the day without any mistakes.
So, it was corrected :
It is time that I...but, informally, we often omit the "that"...qfreed
My opinion:
I am not too sure if he is right on this, the "that" is not only not used, but not necessary, as the structure does not require the word.
It's about time you came, it's high time you did your homework...
However, it is necessary to use subjunctive here, as in :
It's about time you came home early for once, it's time you were quiet for a while...
I already asked several friends on skype, some agreed, others said the sentence was fine.
I can't remember having seen the sentence with present simple, I am sure there is a rule, can you explain which tense you would choose and why? And if the present here sounds fine to you ?
What do you think? :cheers: