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pls someone tell me the difference between:

"Come at a quarter to six"
AND
"Come at quarter to six"
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pls someone tell me the difference between:

"Come at a quarter to six"
AND
"Come at quarter to six"
It's just two ways of saying the same thing. (The 'a' is dropped in the second version - it's become a set phrase).
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