Her bedtime is nine o'clock sharp.

Meaning: This means that the child has to go to bed exactly at 9:00 PM.

Choice of Words: Bedtime is the time when someone is supposed to go to bed. Sharp means exactly or precisely. Nine o'clock is a specific time, 9:00.

Alternative Expressions

Her bedtime is nine o'clock sharp.

Meaning: This means that the person is supposed to be in bed and sleeping at exactly nine o'clock.

Choice of Words: Bedtime is the time when a person is supposed to go to sleep. Nine o'clock sharp means that it is exactly nine o'clock and not a minute later or earlier.

She must be in bed by nine o'clock.

Meaning: This means that the person is required to be in bed before nine o'clock.

Choice of Words: Must means that something is required or necessary. In bed means that a person is lying down in a bed. By means that something is supposed to happen before a certain time.

It's time for her to go to sleep at nine o'clock.

Meaning: This means that the person is supposed to fall asleep at nine o'clock.

Choice of Words: Time means a particular moment or period when something is supposed to happen. Go to sleep means to fall asleep. At means that something is supposed to happen at a certain time.

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