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             31 31  NOT ONLY...BUT ALSO, HAD BETTER,
            UNIT  UNIT
                    IT’S ABOUT (HIGH) TIME…


                                           Usage


                                                              It’s time/It’s high time/
              Not only...but also        had better
                                                                 It’s about time

           A correlative conjunction:  An expression:     An expression:
           •  To create emphasis    •  To give advice about   •  To express that something
           •  To express unexpected    specific things       should be done but that it is
              information           •  To express hope or    already late
           •  To add balance to a      warning            •  To say that the right time has
              sentence              •  Used with the         arrived for something
                                       intention to avoid   •  The words high and about are
                                       negative results      used to add emphasis to the
                                                             situation


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