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Yes. You can call what follows It's time an unreal past or a past subjunctive. (But that's not what It's time is called. I don't know if that has a name -- unless you call it "an expression that triggers the use of the unreal past"!) Your take on the article is completely correct. Is...

CalifJim wrote: I don't know of any special name for the expressions It's time and wish . CJ Well I did some work on the internet and got some useful links. You said that you don't know any specific name for the expression but I've found one. Please verify is it correct or not. It's called...

Hello Mr M I found an article as below given in the BBC English site. It says "If S should V" is a very unlikely conditional but The Heritage Grammar site suggests "If S should V" and "If S Vs" are not so different. The Heritage Grammar site suggests "If S should V" and "If S Vs" are not so...