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Is "It's time we do something" correct? Should I only use "It's time we did something"?
Is "It's time we do something" correct? Should I only use "It's time we did something"?
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Grammar Logs #471
NOT A TEACHER
Here is something from a popular website used by learners and native
speakers:
It is high time that we send him a letter.
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A plan to do something real.
It is high time that we sent him a letter.
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A regret that we have not done it.
Only the second example is correct.
The past subjunctive must be used in the phrase so as to support the idea that it should already have been done some time before the moment of speaking.
It's time the topic's closed.
I stand with Chicchick and e2e4 (except the part about closing the topic.)Only the second example is correct.