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#1 2009-08-15 06:33:57

JuanTwoThree
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From: Spain
Registered: 2009-08-15
Posts: 455

It's about time to!

Is this an eggcorn or illiteracy?


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#2 2009-08-15 18:38:21

patschwieterman
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From: California
Registered: 2005-10-25
Posts: 1680

Re: It's about time to!

Welcome to the forum, JuanTwoThree.

I don’t like my list of options—I’d say it’s neither an eggcorn nor sufficient evidence for illiteracy. If the users meant “too,” then this is probably a simple and common misspelling—and one perpetrated by plenty of literate people. Of course, “It’s about time to” is a fine sentence, but it can’t be substituted for the other one, and it has a clearly different stress pattern (TIME, TOO vs. TIME to). Since “time to” doesn’t really make sense in the contexts where you’d use “time, too,” this probably isn’t an eggcorn.

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#3 2009-09-11 11:47:53

Jim Dixon
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From: St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Registered: 2006-08-11
Posts: 44

Re: It's about time to!

Please give an example of the context in which you encountered “It’s about time to.” Without context, I can’t tell what the speaker meant.

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#4 2009-09-25 15:05:09

JuanTwoThree
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From: Spain
Registered: 2009-08-15
Posts: 455

Re: It's about time to!

If you google “It’s about time to. I” you’ll see examples of what I mean. I reckon it’s moot whether it’s a borderline eggcorn, illiteracy, a typo or what the writer really wanted to say.


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