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Victo Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
'10.30 pm' vs '10:30pm'
Mister Micawber,
Is this the 'new' way of writing time? The colon is no longer used (we now use a single full stop between the numbers), and we place a space between the number and 'pm':
10.30 pm (instead of '10:30pm')
9.15 am (instead of '9.15am')
Thank you.
Is this the 'new' way of writing time? The colon is no longer used (we now use a single full stop between the numbers), and we place a space between the number and 'pm':
10.30 pm (instead of '10:30pm')
9.15 am (instead of '9.15am')
Thank you.
Top answer
The colon is preferred in AE and the dot in BE. ' and the British 'pm'. Nobody cares whether there's a space or not.
- The colon is preferred in AE and the dot in BE.
- ' and the British 'pm'.
- Nobody cares whether there's a space or not.
- Rover
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The colon is preferred in AE and the dot in BE.
Americans prefer 'p.m.' and the British 'pm'.
Nobody cares whether there's a space or not.
Rover
Americans prefer 'p.m.' and the British 'pm'.
Nobody cares whether there's a space or not.
Rover
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