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What Does Quarter To Something Mean? - answered

#1 hosuklover

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Posted 17 August 2007 - 10:35 AM

In speech, when people say
quarter to 1?
does it mean 12:45 or 1:!5??

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Posted 17 August 2007 - 10:37 AM

There's a quarter of an hour left until 1:00. So a quarter of an hour is 15 minutes so since there's 15 minutes until 1:00 it is 12:45. That's what it means haha.

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Posted 17 August 2007 - 10:38 AM

it means 12:45
1:15 means quarter after 1

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#4 hosuklover

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Posted 17 August 2007 - 10:38 AM

okie got it!!>
i get confused sometimes.. hehe thanks..

what is the other one that we say that's after?

quarter past 1??

QUOTE(Cookiied Out @ Aug 17 2007, 11:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

There's a quarter of an hour left until 1:00. So a quarter of an hour is 15 minutes so since there's 15 minutes until 1:00 it is 12:45. That's what it means haha.

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Posted 17 August 2007 - 10:39 AM

Before:
It's like a 15 minutes before thing.
It would be 12:45, not 1:15.

Past:
I'm taking a guess it's the other way around ;p
Might be wrong, I don't hear that or use that a lot.

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Posted 17 August 2007 - 10:39 AM

Yeah quarter past 1 would be 1:15. 15 minutes past 1.

#7 hosuklover

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Posted 17 August 2007 - 10:39 AM

thanks!

QUOTE(rebt @ Aug 17 2007, 11:38 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

it means 12:45
1:15 means quarter after 1

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Posted 17 August 2007 - 11:16 AM

O__O

Quarter past = 15 mins past the hour
Quarter to = 15 mins before the hour

Dont many people use this term?? Wow...wierd. >_<

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