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Help!!! Which is the correct way to tell the time?
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mmorales
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Help!!! Which is the correct way to tell the time?
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Hi! I �m an English teacher from Costa Rica, I teach retired teachers and now we are studying the time. My question:
Which is the correct way to tell the time? Ex. It �s a quarter to three. or It �s quarter to three. It �s necessary to use the article a or it is optional? I ask it because in some books I found: It �s a quarter to three. But in others It �s quarter to three.
Thanks to all of you for the wonderful, stupendous and helpful ppt. and ws.
Pura Vida.
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25 Sep 2009
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Zora
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We had this discussion quite recently and basically it boiled down to this... you can use both. It �s ok with the ""a" or without. 
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25 Sep 2009
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Nebal
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Zora is absolutely right!! Both cases are correct.
nebal |
25 Sep 2009
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Spagman63
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I think leaving off the "a" is just being lazy. Quarter is a noun and therefore needs an article before it. Just because something is said doesn �t mean it is always correct. The phrase without the article is usually said in informal speech but I think it is still lazy speech.
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25 Sep 2009
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mmorales
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Thanks for the information! It really helps me to understand it!
Take Care!!  |
25 Sep 2009
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