If you were asked what the time is, how would you reply? |
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Votes: 313
Comments: 4
Added: September 2004
| ... - 26th September 2004 12:55 |
| "It's a quarter till three." "Three o'clock." "Almost three." "Three." |
| Josh - 9th February 2007 00:39 |
| I never really understood the whole quarters fascination. It screws you over when it's x:30 or close. (Unless people say "half to 3...but I've never heard that.) And when I hear quarter to three, the first thing I do is mentally convert it to two forty-five anyway. Just more work. |
| Bryan - 27th February 2008 00:01 |
| The difference between 'to' and 'of' may be primarily American vs. British. The difference between 'quarter to three' and 'two forty-five' is, I'm convinced, mostly a matter of age. Listen to children and teenagers - they rarely use 'quarter to three'. Why? Because that is a visual reference to clock hands and they were brought up on digital. |
| kamal - 30th April 2009 20:26 |
| It's quarter to three and two forty-five bouth same and right. |
