I'm reading Genki I and I encountered the sentence 「今何時ですか。」 in page 42.
My question is: Why is the は particle not used after 今? Could we use it?
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2Does this answer your question? When do you mark きょう or other similar relative time expressions with は – Karl Knechtel Jul 15 '23 at 14:02
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Yes you could use it, you could also drop it. In a lot of instances the は is omitted in speech, not only for time. Like instead of お前は何歳？ you could just say お前何歳？. It's always more formal to include the は though. – dvx2718 Jul 15 '23 at 14:47