o'clock am/pm (American English)

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01font00Is it acceptable to use o'clock with am or pm in American English?02font00 No, it's not.02br
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What?
In American English is alwayse used: three am or six pm. How this cannot be possible?

Hi,

What I meant was that you shouldn't say both together, eg 'It's 10 o'clock pm.'

Clive

Hi Clive, have a look at: "... In 12 hour time there would not be a 15:00, it would be stated as three o’clock in the afternoon or three o’clock p.m. ..." www.militarytimeclockchart.com rgds, Andreas

TeoIn British English, “am” or “pm” cannot be used with “o’clock.”

Really? I'm American. I didn't know that. The following seems all right to me.

— It happened at 11 o'clock.
— AM or PM?
— PM. 11 o'clock PM.

CJ

I live in Canada.
Broadly speaking, no-one says three o'clock p.m.

I'm with Clive. It's surely not forbidden by grammar but unless you have a clarifying question as in CJ's example, you're MUCh more likely to hear 3 pm or 3 o'clock in the afternoon, rather than 3 o'clock pm.

You normally use o'clock in pm times.

my dear. can i say

it is four oclock pm