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Problem about telling the time



pricess
France

Problem about telling the time
 
Hi everybody ! I �m studying time with my students and I �ve a doubt. I used to say "It �s a quarter past..." but can we also say "quarter past..." without "a" before "quarter"?
Thanks for your help and have a nice weekend.
Pricess

16 Jan 2010      





Blasetti
Croatia

Hi! I think that �a quarter past... � is gramatically correct, but in speech both versionas are used; the one without �a � is even more common.

16 Jan 2010     



pauguzman
Argentina

Check this http://www.eslprintables.com/forum/topic.asp?id=11713

I asked the same question some time ago and these were some answers
hope it help you

Paula

16 Jan 2010     



Nereis
Argentina

Both are acceptable. i usually use quarter to, without a

16 Jan 2010