Hey, naturals what's up gabby, wallace here with a go natural english lesson to solve your doubts about
Some confusing challenging topics in english now i know a lot of you, want to know more about
Prepositions so in this lesson we're. Gonna talk about
What's the difference between on time and in time
on
Versus in with this specific example of time so we often use the preposition on?
With time and we often use the preposition in with time so what's the difference anyway they seem so
Similar let me explain there is a slight difference
In time if you'll just imagine with, me the biggest difference
Is that in time makes me
Think of when you're hurrying
You're, already late you
Don't have very much hope of being on time because something already happens maybe
You, took, longer than normal in traffic
maybe there
Was some other delay maybe you saw a friend and you started talking and you know it was hard to say i have to go
Anyway, there's already been delays so you're already, worried you're already sweating you're already
walking faster trying to get to your appointment on time
In time is when
You're, watching baseball and
The the, baseball player the batter has just hit the ball and
The ball has been
caught and
The outfielder, is throwing it to first
Base but the batter is running running running running and he dives in and he just
Touches he just just touches that first
Base just in time in order to stay on first base and not get out
So in time is a bit more
It's a bit more dramatic
It makes me anxious to say, about am i going to be there in time
Am i going to get to the meeting in time to
Not be late to not miss the agenda am i going to get to the bus stop
In time to catch the bus
am i going to
Be at the dinner party in time to eat dinner or am i going to get there after
Everyone, else has eaten all the food already and i just get leftovers
That is in time now?
to, be fair
Enzyme and on time are often used for very similar situations but the biggest difference for me
Is that enzyme is a bit more stressful and there's this
span of time where like, you're already late but you're hurrying, and you're trying to get to a place in
time
to
Take advantage of an opportunity
Whereas on the other hand on time is a bit less
Stressful it's an agreed-upon time you know that to be to work on time you need to be there at
7:55 a.m.
you know that
The train is going to be on time?
Well if you live in japan i lived in japan for three years the train is always on time like
99% of the time it's always on schedule on time
So it's predictable it's scheduled it's on time, make sure you get to work on time or your
Boss might be upset now
Bonus there's a, bonus phrase there's a common
Idiom in the nick of time this goes back to in time not on time but in the nick of time is like
so close to the very last chance to get somewhere or to show up to be
Somewhere in time for something
Like just in the nick of time, means you
Had like a half a second where if you had not shown up at
That time you would have missed that thing let's say, you're going to a, baseball game and
You just arrived at the baseball game in the nick of time to see the most amazing
Play, it happened just like that very quickly and you just caught it in the nick of time
Let's say that you need to catch the bus and you see the bus coming and you're running to the bus stop
You're, you're hoping the bus, doesn't just run by
Well the bus driver sees you you see the bus driver and it's this wonderful moment, where he stops for you
And you catch the bus in the nick of time
You could, have just missed it but you caught that bus in the nick of time
Congratulations so i hope that this clarifies some of the difference between on time in time and then the most
Extreme in the nick of time so use these if you're, always running late or if you
Want to talk about how
You're, always on time, also it's a great way to use these let
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