Notes

How to tell the time ?

There are two common ways of telling the time.

i.               Formal but easier way

    Say the hours first and then the minutes.

    Example:   7:45  -  seven forty-five

ii.             More popular way

    Say the minutes first and then the hours. Use past and

    the preceding hour for minutes 1 through 30. Use to

    and the forthcoming hour for minutes 31 through 59,

    Example:  7:15  -  fifteen minutes past seven

    Example:  7:45  -  fifteen minutes to eight

    but

    Another possibility of saying

    '15 minutes past' is : a quarter past

    '15 minutes to' is : a quarter to

    '30 minutes past' is : half past

    Example:  5:30  -  half past five



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