On Forming a Question - It is time to feed the horses
Here is the sentence.
Leena said to her brother, "It is time to feed the horses."
which question below is grammatically correct?
- What time is it time to do?
- According to Leena, what time is it for?
Any other possible answers will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
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Here is the sentence.
Leena said to her brother, "It is time to feed the horses."
which question below is grammatically correct?
- What time is it time to do?
- According to Leena, what time is it for?
Any other possible answers will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
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Here is the sentence.
Leena said to her brother, "It is time to feed the horses."
which question below is grammatically correct?
- What time is it time to do?
- According to Leena, what time is it for?
Any other possible answers will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
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Here is the sentence.
Leena said to her brother, "It is time to feed the horses."
which question below is grammatically correct?
- What time is it time to do?
- According to Leena, what time is it for?
Any other possible answers will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
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What is it time to do?
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What is it time for?
“According to Leena” can be added to either of these, at either the beginning or the end.
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"It is time to feed the horses" has a context in the present moment and no later than an immediate future. It could also be rhetorical without any sense of an urgency to do anything other than gauging her brother's response.
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What is it time to do?
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What is it time for?
“According to Leena” can be added to either of these, at either the beginning or the end.
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What is it time to do?
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What is it time for?
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What is it time for?
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"It is time to feed the horses" has a context in the present moment and no later than an immediate future. It could also be rhetorical without any sense of an urgency to do anything other than gauging her brother's response.
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"It is time to feed the horses" has a context in the present moment and no later than an immediate future. It could also be rhetorical without any sense of an urgency to do anything other than gauging her brother's response.
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"It is time to feed the horses" has a context in the present moment and no later than an immediate future. It could also be rhetorical without any sense of an urgency to do anything other than gauging her brother's response.
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