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What does 'It is 10 minutes until.'? RT. Does it mean 'It is 10 minutes to 3 o'clock(2:50)'? Hypothesize that we all know it's going to be 3 o'clock.Oops, What does 'It is 10 minutes until.' mean?
Oct 20, 2015 3:07 PM
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'It's ten minutes until the film starts', for example, would mean that the film is scheduled to start ten minutes from now/ in ten minutes' time.
October 20, 2015
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If someone says 10 till or 10 after they're assuming you know the general hour .
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