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Teo Posted 18 years ago
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a 2200 to 0800 curfew

The capital has been placed under a 2200 to 0800 curfew, and alcohol sales
banned.

How do you read " a 2200 to 0800 curfew"? Twenty-two hundred to zero eight hundred curfew?
  

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I guess. But if I were writing it, I'd say "a cufew from 10 pm to 8 am."
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What do you mean by "I guess"?

Did you mean "I guess SO"?
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TeoThe capital has been placed under a 2200 to 0800 curfew, and alcohol sales
banned.

How do you read " a 2200 to 0800 curfew"? Twenty-two hundred to zero eight hundred curfew?

Yes. Some might say "twenty-two hundred hours to zero eight hundred hours" but it's not necessary.
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Teo
What do you mean by "I guess"?

Did you mean "I guess SO"?

I mean "I guess I would say it that way."

I sound dubious because I don't think it's good form to use the 2200 to 0800 to pre-modify the noun curfew.
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It looks so weird. And I guess saying 22 instead of 8 pm is very unusual in the US. This is the way I think I would actually read that stuff:

The capital has been placed under a... curfew... ah, from 10 to 8, hmm... and alcohol sales banned.

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