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How should I describe 2:45?
What is the most common way to express 2:45, using quarter, in the US?
Quarter of three?
Quarter to three?
Quarter till three?
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Why “a quarter of nine” to represent 8:45? [duplicate]
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What does 'ten of six' mean in regard to time?
As a non-native speaker, I consider a quarter past nine (9:15) and a quarter to nine (8:45) easy to understand. ...
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Saying “today morning” to mean “this morning”
As an American, I use the term this morning, but I’ve noticed some Asian Indian coworkers who always say today morning to mean what I mean by this morning.
Is this an Indian English “dialectism”? Is ...
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What does “8/7c” stand for?
I just saw an update on Facebook saying:
Watch Russell present LIVE at the 42nd Annual NAACP Image Awards. Tonight at 8/7c on FOX.
What does "8/7c" mean?
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“At the beginning of the century” or “in the beginning of the century”?
At the beginning of the century.
In the beginning of the century.
How to clearly distinguish when to use at, or in?
