GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoI hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace.message-squaremessage-square170fedilinkarrow-up1440arrow-down120
arrow-up1420arrow-down1message-squareI hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace.GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square170fedilink
minus-squareThistledown@rblind.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoI would not have guessed that meaning of “of.” I think we should stick to “til” or “past” for clarity.
I would not have guessed that meaning of “of.” I think we should stick to “til” or “past” for clarity.