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Tuongvan Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

put the watch forward/back /ahead by 15 minutes

Hi teachers,

I don't know exactly the meaning of these sentences,so could you possibly help me understand it?:

I put my watch forward by 15 minutes
I put my watch ahead by 15 minutes
I put my watch back by 15 minutes

Thank you in advance
  

Top answer

The first two mean that you turned the hands on the watch forward so that the time reads 15 minutes more than now; the third is the opposite - you move the hands backwards so that the tume reads 15 minutes less than now.

— Feebs11

  • The first two mean that you turned the hands on the watch forward so that the time reads 15 minutes more than now; the third is the opposite - you move the hands backwards so that the tume reads 15 minutes less than now.
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The first two mean that you turned the hands on the watch forward so that the time reads 15 minutes more than now; the third is the opposite - you move the hands backwards so that the tume reads 15 minutes less than now.
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Thank you Feebs very much
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