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Zany banana 409 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
A quarter of an hour vs half an hour
Why is it 'a quarter of an hour' while in case of 'half', it is 'half an hour'? Is 'half of an hour' wrong to say?
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zany banana 409 Is 'half of an hour' wrong to say? No, it's not wrong, but we don't say it that way. It will take a quarter of an hour to get to Wimbledon.
- zany banana 409 Is 'half of an hour' wrong to say?
- No, it's not wrong, but we don't say it that way.
- It will take a quarter of an hour to get to Wimbledon.
- It will take half an hour to get to Wimbledon.
- Half can be used as a predeterminer, so the "of" can (and usually is) omitted.
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zany banana 409 Is 'half of an hour' wrong to say?
No, it's not wrong, but we don't say it that way.
It will take a quarter of an hour to get to Wimbledon.
It will take half an hour to get to Wimbledon.
Half can be used as a predeterminer, so the "of" can (and usually is) omitted. But quarter is not used as a
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