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| Is it OK to read 1:15 as "fifteen past one"? |
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YTMND
Joined: 16 Jan 2012
Location: You're the man now dog!!
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 Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 2:54 am Post subject: |
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Good, you have referenced books. Now cite chapter and verse. Unless you work for Amazon, this isn't achieving the goal I thought you were after.
I am not going to buy all those books or one to find out there is zero evidence to show that "15 past (hour)" is wrong. As for "to", saying "quarter" is more a habitual act than the "law". Saying "It's a quarter to 7" is 7 syllables, but "It's 15 to 7" is 6 syllables. We often in speech simplify wording to the smaller number.
So, referencing your first ammo of choice, "Language and culture" I would not use that as an authority. Perhaps you have another source, one more limiting and written by someone with a narrow mindset.
Again, I request chapter and verse. I am not going to go out and buy a book so I can teach someone to speak illogically. |
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YTMND
Joined: 16 Jan 2012
Location: You're the man now dog!!
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| Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 2:58 am Post subject: |
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http://www.eslhq.com/worksheets/preview_worksheet.php?worksheet_id=138002
Is eslhq wrong? Are you claiming that they chose an incorrect way of wording it as a "wrong" answer? I highly doubt it.
Here's another, http://www.scribd.com/doc/6722281/How-to-Tell-Time
and another, http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/vocabulary/time
another, http://www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic717-435.html (this one is interesting, "The next story is adopted from metro.co.uk.", so it's not a British/American thing it seems)
another, http://www.englishleap.com/other-resources/telling-the-time
another, http://www.say-it-in-english.com/TellingTime.html
On this one, nona the brit, commented on Brits not using "after" but said nothing about "to" being wrong http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=2306203
*** And where would we be without this gem? http://www.eslcafe.com/grammar/telling_time03.html
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In English, at 15 minutes before an
hour (2:45, 7:30, 10:45, etc.), we do
not say "15 minus (or less) the next hour":
wrong: 7:45 = *eight less 15 or *eight
minus 15
right: 7:45 = seven forty-five or
a quarter / fifteen (minutes) before /
until / 'til / to / of eight |
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