Example sentences from the web:
- ON TIME
– Today’s flight is on time. Departure is 10:30 am. (=the flight will leave on time, it’s on schedule to leave at 10:30 am)
– Remember to be on time for work tomorrow or I will fire you! (=do not be late)
– He starts a new job at the railway station tomorrow and he wants to be on time for work. (= he doesn’t want to be late)
- IN TIME
– Will you be home in time for lunch? (= soon enough for lunch)
– He was just in time for the last train. (= he was almost too late)
– The plot to assassinate the president was discovered just in time. (= they could find the hit man before it was too late, otherwise, the president would have been murdered)
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Quiz: “In time” vs “on time”
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What case is used do describe the “Eternal Now”?
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