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Guest Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

Time words

what are the full words for a.m. and p.m.
  

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ante meridiem and post meridiem

...but no-one ever uses these...
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Hello Guest

a.m. = ante meridiem, which is Latin for before noon.

p.m. = post meridiem, which is Latin for after noon.

'Meridies' in Latin derives from 'medius dies', which = 'the
middle of the day'.

MrP

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