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Problem about telling the time
pricess
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Problem about telling the time
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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
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Blasetti
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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
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Nereis
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Both are acceptable. i usually use quarter to, without a |
16 Jan 2010
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