about or almost eleven

[Tan Elaine]

The last bus leaves at eleven o'clock. It's about eleven o'clock now. Hurry up!

Should I use 'almost eleven' ?

Thanks in advance.

 

[sato]

Good question! "About eleven" might imply that it is in fact eleven o'clock now (perhaps the person doesn't have a watch and so can't be 100% certain), whereas "almost eleven" means more like there is still some small amount of time to spare.
In some cases the 2 would mean the same thing, depending on context.

 

[duiter]

ALMOST : adverb
nearly but not completely

ABOUT : can be used in the following ways:

as a preposition (followed by a noun): He told me about your problem.

as an adverb (without a following noun): Stop rushing about.
after the verb ‘to be’: Is your father about?
followed by an infinitive with ‘to’: I was just about to explain.

 

[Rover_KE]

The last bus leaves at eleven o'clock. It's about eleven o'clock now. Hurry up!

Replace 'Hurry up!' with 'You might have missed it.'

Rover