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Ask for help > A quarter past, or quarter past???
A quarter past, or quarter past???
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Isabelucha
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A quarter past, or quarter past???
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Please help me here! :-)
Which is more correct:
It �s quarter past eleven OR It �s A quarter past eleven?
Or... are both correct?
I keep telling my students: It �s A quarter to... but I saw my Student �s book and there was an exercise in which the example said: It �s quarter to...  |
2 Oct 2009
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peiolei
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I think both are correct.
Paola |
2 Oct 2009
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serene
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Hi Isabelucha,
Both must be correct. Longman online Dictionary writes "(a) quarter to two/three etc". The parentheses (brackets) mean that "a" can be omitted.
Hugs  serene |
2 Oct 2009
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kaz76
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Both ways are correct although I always say �it �s quarter past � and have never really heard anyone use it with �a � before. It probably just depends where you live but both are equally as good. |
2 Oct 2009
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cheezels
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I �ve always said It �s a quarter to/past (the a is really quick... "It �sa" almost!) Both are fine.
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2 Oct 2009
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vickyvar
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Yes, both are equally correct and accepted. It depends on what you are used to saying!
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2 Oct 2009
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Malvine
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Somehow it sounds more up-to-date without "a" to me, I don �t know why, maybe because most text-books omit it now. |
3 Oct 2009
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Jayho
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Hi Isabelucha
Both forms are perfectly acceptable. If you search for �time � in previous posts you �ll find many discussions on this.
Cheers
Jayho |
3 Oct 2009
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