Talk:what time is it
Latest comment: 3 years ago by Backinstadiums in topic What time do you make it? (or What do you make the time?)
Impolite
editWouldn't it be better to ask "Do you have the time, please?", or "Excuse me, could you tell me the time please?" Pistachio 15:49, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
- It's neutral rather than impolite; your forms are explicitly polite, and would work better if asking a stranger. Equinox ◑ 17:25, 1 September 2019 (UTC)
According to Chambers 1908, "what time" can mean "at the very time when". This must be an obsolete construct I haven't encountered. Equinox ◑ 17:25, 1 September 2019 (UTC)
What time do you make it? (or What do you make the time?)
editWhat time do you make it? (or What do you make the time?) are BrE variants. --Backinstadiums (talk) 12:52, 21 December 2020 (UTC)