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Teo Posted 20 years ago
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0 01blockquote 01cite 10Teo12cite 101. thirteen hundred hours 2. thirteen hundred 3.

— Rishonly

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01cite10Teo12cite101. thirteen hundred hours 2. thirteen hundred 3. thirteen hours12br
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10Which of the above is wrong?12br
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10To me, first two choices are wrong, Teo.0-
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0Hi guys,02br
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00Krish, I'd say the first two are right and the third is wrong! 02br
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00#1 sounds a little military.02br
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00It's actually an interesting question, because the 24-hour clock is something that we read sometimes but seldom speak of. If I read 13:00 and then spoke, I'd probably say to my friend 'The plane leaves
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0 I would certainly read that as "thirteen hundred hours." 02br
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00 Lazarus0-
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0 Thanks for your feedback, Clive. I never thought of the "hundred" in HH:MM representation. The maximum value for the minutes part of HH:MM is 60. So, why do you we use "hundred" , here? 0-
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01cite10Rishonly12cite10Thanks for your feedback, Clive. I never thought of the "hundred" in HH:MM representation. The maximum value for the minutes part of HH:MM is 60. So, why do you we use "hundred" , here? 12blockquote
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00 I don't mean to speak for Clive, rishonly, but he's right...American milit
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01cite10Rishonly12cite10Thanks for your feedback, Clive. I never thought of the "hundred" in HH:MM representation. 12br
10I don't mean to speak for Clive, rishonly, but he's right...American military tells the time that way.12br
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10Lazarus12br
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10Hi Lazarus,02
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0Hi,02br
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00It's because we really don't know how to say 01font00'1301font00:02font0000'02font00. So, we just think of it as '01font001300'02font00 and now we know how to say that. 'thirteen hundred'. 02br
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00We don
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01cite10Clive12cite12br
10Hi,12br
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10It's because we really don't know how to say 11font10'1311font10:12font1000'12font10. So, we just think of it as '11font101300'12font10
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0Hi,02br
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00'thirteen fifteen'.02br
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00The 'hundred' would just be said if there were the digits 01font00:0002font02br
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00Clive0-
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01cite10Clive12cite10Hi,12br
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10'thirteen fifteen'.12br
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10The 'hundred' would just be said if there were the digits 11font10:0012font12br
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10Clive12br
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10Oh! That solves th
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