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- From: glen@slate.cs.wisc.edu (Glen Ecklund)
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- Subject: Re: right time
- Message-ID: <glen.712359608@cs.wisc.edu>
- Date: 28 Jul 92 21:40:08 GMT
- References: <Brr6t4.83F@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <SLAGLE.92Jul21232846@sgi417.msd.lmsc.lockheed.com> <1992Jul24.110112.7781@vax.oxford.ac.uk> <1992Jul27.120535.1@wombat.newcastle.edu.au>
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- eepjm@wombat.newcastle.edu.au (Peter Moylan) writes:
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- >In article <1992Jul24.110112.7781@vax.oxford.ac.uk>, wilcox@vax.oxford.ac.uk writes:
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- >With one exception. I have a lot of trouble remembering whether
- >"a quarter of seven" means 6.45 or 7.15. (My first reaction, of
- >course, would be to think of 1.75)
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- >Peter.
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- I would never imagine that "a quarter of seven" could mean "a quarter after
- seven".
- Also note that in the U.S. we always use a colon, e.g. "6:45", never "6.45".
- I understand that both are used Down Under. Is that right?
- The period makes it look decimal to me.
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