Regarding time, how would you express 14:05?
Even if it were in a more context, would it be ever be correct to say "It's fourteen hours and five minutes"?
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Christine Christie would it be ever be correct to say "It's fourteen hours and five minutes"? It seems all right to me. I think most of us would abbreviate it, though, and just say "It's fourteen-oh-five".
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Christine Christiewould it be ever be correct to say "It's fourteen hours and five minutes"?
It seems all right to me. I think most of us would abbreviate it, though, and just say "It's fourteen-oh-five".
CJ
Christine ChristieRegarding time, how would you express 14:05?
Christine Christie"It's fourteen hours and five minutes"?
On an oven timer or something like that, yes. If you mean time of day, no, where they use a 12-hour clock, as here in the USA. I don't know what they say where they use 24-hour time, but I say "fourtee