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Aubrey Wang
Question about time expression in British English
How do British people express these?
9:10 ten past nine/nine ten
9:30 nine thirty/half past nine
9: 15 a quarter past nine
9: 45 three quarters past nine/a quarter to ten
Are there any other unique ways people in Britain use to express these clocks? I just learned today that people in Britain also use "half + number" for "half past + number" (9: 30> half nine, for example), is it real?
15 juil. 2022 18:07
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9:10 - ten past nine / nine ten
9:30 - half past nine / half nine / nine thirty
9:15 - quarter past nine / nine fifteen
9:45 - quarter to ten / nine forty-five (I have never heard three quarters past nine in my life.)
Half nine (e.g.) is real.
15 juillet 2022
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Aubrey Wang
Compétences linguistiques
Chinois (mandarin), Chinois (cantonais), Chinois (autre), Anglais, Italien, Japonais
Langue étudiée
Chinois (cantonais), Anglais, Italien, Japonais
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