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Grammar and Linguistics > "A quarter past"... or just "quarter past"?
"A quarter past"... or just "quarter past"?
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carlaaguiarsilva
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"A quarter past"... or just "quarter past"?
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Hello everyone :) I �ve learnt how to tell the time by using "it �s a quarter past/to..." but now I �ve found in several books just "it �s quarter past/to..." Is this correct? And another question: is it a mistake for you to write the personal pronoun "I" without capital letter? I consider it a mistake... Am I doing the correct thing? Thank you so much, I really appreciate your opinion! |
11 Dec 2012
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yanogator
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It �s all correct: a quarter past quarter past I (not "i") Bruce |
11 Dec 2012
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carlaaguiarsilva
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My thoughts exactly Bruce, thank you so much, Carla |
11 Dec 2012
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Sonn
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"I", written as "i", can be found in chats, on forums, in comments or in icq messages. It is not quite correct and happens because the people who write such messages are too lazy to capitalize it.
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11 Dec 2012
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yanogator
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Yes, Sonn, in those places, you will also find "u r" for "you are" and many other non-standard spellings. Bruce |
11 Dec 2012
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englishreader
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In England we always use �quarter past � , so without �a �.
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11 Dec 2012
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carlaaguiarsilva
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My question was because in the school books we usually use here in Portugal it appeared "a quarter" but the new ones we �ve chosen this year say "quarter"... and the lasiness is making people write "i" and my students sometimes tell me they saw the pronoun written like that... big battle for us, teachers... Thank you all, have a wonderful holiday! |
12 Dec 2012
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