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How do they express the time, in American and British English?

IDKI don't know if this is a good question. But AFAIKas far as I know, or soand as I do it, American English also usessay "after" other than "past" in expressing times. Like "a quarter after six" for "a quarter past six"

For example, a quarter after six instead of, a quarter past six as in British English. The

The other difference I know, so far, is that the British usesuse dots to separate "hour" and "minute" in digital times like "08.35" while American usesAmericans use a colon to do so likee.g; "08:35".

So is what I know, so far, correct? Or isare there any other differences that I don't know yetabout? Thanks. :)

How do they express the time, American and British English?

IDK if this is a good question. But AFAIK, or so I do, American English also uses "after" other than "past" in expressing times. Like "a quarter after six" for "a quarter past six" in British English. The other difference I know, so far, is that British uses dots to separate "hour" and "minute" in digital times like "08.35" while American uses colon to do so like "08:35".

So is what I know, so far, correct? Or is there any other differences that I don't know yet? Thanks. :)

How do they express the time, in American and British English?

I don't know if this is a good question. But as far as I know, and as I do it, American English also say "after" other than "past" in expressing times.

For example, a quarter after six instead of, a quarter past six as in British English.

The other difference I know, so far, is that the British use dots to separate "hour" and "minute" in digital times like "08.35" while Americans use a colon e.g; "08:35".

So is what I know, so far, correct? Or are there any other differences that I don't know about?

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How do they express the time, American and British English?

IDK if this is a good question. But AFAIK, or so I do, American English also uses "after" other than "past" in expressing times. Like "a quarter after six" for "a quarter past six" in British English. The other difference I know, so far, is that British uses dots to separate "hour" and "minute" in digital times like "08.35" while American uses colon to do so like "08:35".

So is what I know, so far, correct? Or is there any other differences that I don't know yet? Thanks. :)