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chiliedogg@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Still better than quarter of.
What time is a “Quarter of 10”?
I could see it as 10:15, 9:45, 9:15, or 2:30. It’s stupid, and anybody who uses it is wrong.
The tenth hour of the day goes from 9:00 to 10:00.
So quarter of ten is 9:15. I don’t know how one would explain the other possibilities, but this is the correct answer.
Imagine it as a glass of water that gets filled for each hour. Once it is full, the hour has been reached.
Except it’s not. The actual answer is 9:45. It’s a stupid way of describing time.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 week ago
A quarter of 10 would be 7:50.
Ziglin@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I would have intuitively said that it’s 2.5.
I’ll see myself out.
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 week ago
That’s a quarter off ten. An all too common mistake.