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we say one minute two minutes what about a quarter minute or minutes?
Mar 6, 2013 8:04 AM
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what I ment is (a quarter of an hour )
we can say two minutes please so can I say a quarter please or a quarter minute please or a quarter minutes please
I know that I can say a quarter of an hour please .but i am asking about the possibility of saying ( a quarter, a quarter minute ,a quarter minutes)
March 6, 2013
You'd say "a quarter of a minute", which is also a little unusual. You could simply say "fifteen seconds".
Half a minute... a fraction of a minute...
March 6, 2013
Then you talk in terms of seconds. 1/2 minute = 30 seconds. For example: Put the bread in the microwave for 30 seconds to defrost it.
March 6, 2013
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