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Nov 25, 2010 · Just in time means that something happened just before it would haved been too late, e.g. "His arrival was just in time to catch the train before it departed." Just on time refers to an occurrence exactly on schedule, but not earlier or later, e.g. "The train departed just on time at exactly 9:00 AM." H.
Oct 9, 2012 · I think there are two possibilities. 1. 'A child ran into the road in front of the car – I managed to stop it just in time. ' (perhaps by waving) 2. 'A child ran into the road in front of the car – I managed to stop just in time. ' (by pressing the brake pedal) (cross-posted with CT)
Oct 11, 2014 · According to the grammar we should use Past Simple when we have an exact time expression (yesterday, 2 days ago, etc.) and use Present Perfect if we have expressions like "just", "recently" (or no time expression at all). I don't know what you mean by "the grammar," since English has no organization governing grammar.
Aug 13, 2017 · Yes, in "the last time that I saw her", "that" is not a pronoun. It is not the subject ("I" is the subject) or the direct object ("her" is the direct object) or the indirect object ("saw" only allows one object) or the object of any preposition (no preposition is present in the sentence). It plays the same role as "on which" in "the last ...
Jul 3, 2020 · Jul 3, 2020. #4. In this case, yes. They both mean “in the same way as” or “in the way that”. You can also (more idiomatically) say: Just trim it the way you did last time.
Sep 12, 2007 · Adelaide. Australia English. Sep 12, 2007. #3. In standard BE, you don't use simple past [preterite] with "just" for recent actions. I have just sent it is the standard BE usage. I have just sent it implies that it happened a very, very short time ago. In standard BE, just + simple past is used in sentences such as.
Jul 24, 2017 · Yes, it'd be wrong. When someone says "Just like old times" he usually means "This is just like old times". Grammatically, "as" doesn't fit there. This is just as old times. You could possibly say: This is just as in old times, as pointed out in #4 but that's a different phrase and not the usual one. As might have a meaning similar to like but ...
Oct 7, 2013 · Oct 8, 2013. #9. Wordsmyth said: If we limit the discussion to the meaning of "just" that indicates something happening in the very recent or immediate past, then I would recommend using the present perfect: "I've just started my job".
Sep 22, 2010 · The car stopped just at the border. = It stopped nowhere else. The car just stopped at the border. = It suddenly stopped working when it reached the border. OR = It recently stopped at the border. I agree with panj that people use them interchangeably. At the same time, there is a distinction for some speakers.
Jul 30, 2010 · In (B), I am asking what time it is now. I think some native speaker told me that I should say 'the time' instead of 'time' or 'a time', but I'm not quite sure. If you're asking for what time it is now, you use "the time". If you use just "time", the response might be "time for what?"
