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thesky
we say one minute two minutes what about a quarter minute or minutes?
6 mrt. 2013 08:04
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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)
6 maart 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...
6 maart 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.
6 maart 2013
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