Timeline for Is the phrase "and, when time" correct?
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| Jul 31, 2019 at 13:16 | comment | added | Jason Bassford | @Donglecow I don't think when time is wrong, simply that it's a little unusual. I believe even when it's time would be more common. But I'm not providing an actual answer because anything I said would be essentially just my personal opinion. | |
| Jul 31, 2019 at 13:13 | comment | added | Donglecow | @JasonBassford I was thinking along those lines but wanted to make sure whether or not the original phrase was correct before suggesting changes. I was just struggling to explain to those who thought it was okay, why it didn't sit right with me. | |
| Jul 31, 2019 at 12:38 | comment | added | Jason Bassford | @Donglecow Interesting. The problem with when time could be avoided, if you used . . . continue the construction and man the completed structure. | |
| Jul 31, 2019 at 8:35 | comment | added | Donglecow | @JasonBassford it's part of a sci-fi universe where these subjects have been engineered for specific purposes but are otherwise blank slates. The foundations are built by someone else and then they do all the hard work, as well as man the structure once it's finished. I tried to normalise the text a bit to bring it away from sci-fi for this example, so I see where the confusion has arisen. | |
| Jul 30, 2019 at 21:59 | answer | added | marcellothearcane | timeline score: -1 | |
| Jul 30, 2019 at 21:56 | comment | added | marcellothearcane | It's more idiomatic to say in time. | |
| Jul 30, 2019 at 16:05 | comment | added | Jason Bassford | Being trained on how to continue the construction doesn't make any sense to me in the first place. I can't imagine that ever being said. Nor, out of context anyway, does it seem normal to have to train somebody on how to man [a] structure. In particular, if they've been building it, I find it incredibly strange that they wouldn't know how to occupy it. Without really understanding anything about the situation being described, it's almost impossible to comment on the syntax itself. | |
| Jul 30, 2019 at 15:50 | comment | added | shoover | @EdwinAshworth Fair enough. | |
| Jul 30, 2019 at 15:40 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | @shoover I can only offer (I trust informed) supposition, not supporting research. I don't consider this constitutes an 'answer' on ELU. As is apparent in previous comments I've made. | |
| Jul 30, 2019 at 15:37 | comment | added | shoover | @EdwinAshworth If you combine your comments into an answer, you might get some upvotes. | |
| Jul 30, 2019 at 12:47 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | I'd suggest the model 'The cake was baked, and, when ready, taken to be iced'. 'It was' is easily retrievable. | |
| Jul 30, 2019 at 12:38 | comment | added | Donglecow | @EdwinAshworth that was my exact problem. I've tried to Google around for support for the original, just using general searches for online resources that go into detail about it, but came up with nothing which is why I asked here | |
| Jul 30, 2019 at 12:21 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | Forget the Google search for "when time". There are just too many false positives to wade through. You could look through example sentences in online dictionaries. I'll just say that your original sentence doesn't jar at all with me. But I can't find any support for my view here. | |
| Jul 30, 2019 at 12:12 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | 'When time' is a deleted form probably of 'when it is time' (and, by implication, 'when it is the right time'. Have you checked how often the shortened form occurs on the internet? A search for "when time" will need fairly heavy filtering. | |
| Jul 30, 2019 at 12:02 | answer | added | Tea_Lover_418 | timeline score: -1 | |
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| Jul 30, 2019 at 11:55 | history | asked | Donglecow | CC BY-SA 4.0 |