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Lucas21c Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

It's ~ minutes

Is "It's seventeen minutes past seven" right as an aswer to the question, "What time is it?" Since 'it' is singular and 'minutes' plural, I'm not sure whether the sentence is okay.
  

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" Since 'it' is singular and 'minutes' plural, It's fine. 'It' = 'the time'

— Mister Micawber

  • " Since 'it' is singular and 'minutes' plural, It's fine.
  • 'It' = 'the time'
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lucas21cIs "It's seventeen minutes past seven" right as an aswer to the question, "What time is it?" Since 'it' is singular and 'minutes' plural,
It's fine.
'It' = 'the time'
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