Anonymous  +  141003 Fri, 23 Sep 05 02:28 PM Hi. Could you please explain me the difference between time up and time over? In what cases can they be used? Thank you. Anonymous Difference Between

	pieanne  +  141080 Fri, 23 Sep 05 07:04 PM My try: Let's say you have 60 seconds to answer a question. You say "time's over" after the 60 seconds, maybe at the 61st or 62nd. You say "time's up" just as the bell rings, that is at the 60th second.   pieanne Joined on Thu, Jan 20 2005 South of France ...But I'm Belgian! Veteran Member 7,517 I'm glad to help, but I'm not a native! And please excuse my typos... Difference Between

	CalifJim  +  141431 Sat, 24 Sep 05 11:43 PM "Time's up" (The time is up.) means there is no more time for the task at hand. "Time's over", at least to my AmE ear, means nothing at all, nor does "time over" unless the words are functionally separated, as in "I spent a lot of time  |  over at a friend's today". CJ CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,395 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche Difference Between

	MrPedantic  +  141443 Sun, 25 Sep 05 12:20 AM I don't think "time's over"/"time over" is common in BrE either; unless it's jargon of some kind. You could say "playtime's over", "lunchtime's over", i.e. playtime/lunchtime has ended. MrP MrPedantic Joined on Tue, Oct 12 2004 Veteran Member 12,592 ...opella forensis / adducit febris... Difference Between

	ranchhand  +  141516 Sun, 25 Sep 05 07:46 AM I don't know if this collocation is used in ESL/EFL locations other than Japan, but in Japan, it's really common. It's very likely a construction that was put in a textbook at one time and like so many other mistaken phrases, was believed to be the normal one for English. As others have related, it is not natural English at all. These fossilized "errors" are extremely.difficult to eradicate. You can tell teachers time after time that the phrase is, "Time's up" and in the very next class, out will come, "Time's over".     ranchhand Joined on Sun, May 15 2005 Junior Member 81 Difference Between, Constructions

	MrPedantic  +  141709 Sun, 25 Sep 05 11:20 PM Intriguing. I suppose if enough Japanese people continue to say it, it'll become part of the natural language one day. MrP   MrPedantic Difference Between