It's time
It's Time I left.
Had better is advising somebody to do something particular in the present or soon in the future. Eg:
- It's getting cold you'd better wear a pullover.
- It's going to rain you'd better take an umbrella.
We usually think of had as the past form of have but here had better forms a single
phrase with a special meaning of advice.
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It's time
It's time (for somebody) + to + infinitive.
- It's time for us to go home
- It's time to go home
- It's time for me to go home.(Not: It's time I to go home)
- It's time + (Somebody) + past form.
- I've been here too long. It's time I left=I should have left already
- It's time you children were in bed.=The children should already have gone to bed.
Other language that uses the past tense for the present or future
- It's time I left
- I wish I could
- What others can you find?
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