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Guest Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

Using "o'clock"

Is is proper to say: dinner is at Six Thirty O'clock?
Doesn't o'clock mean "on the clock" or "on the hour"?
I think it sounds awkard, but I'm in the process of printing a formal invite, and a friend keeps saying it's at six thirty o'clock!
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No, it's not idiomatic to say or write six-thirty o'clock. Six o'clock, six-thirty, seven o'clock, seven-thirty, etc. I'm not sure why this is, but that's how it's said.

— John C.

  • No, it's not idiomatic to say or write six-thirty o'clock.
  • Six o'clock, six-thirty, seven o'clock, seven-thirty, etc.
  • I'm not sure why this is, but that's how it's said.
  • Cheers John.
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No, it's not idiomatic to say or write six-thirty o'clock.

Six o'clock, six-thirty, seven o'clock, seven-thirty, etc.

I'm not sure why this is, but that's how it's said.


Cheers

John.
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Yes, you are quite right, and for exactly the reason you state: "O'clock" = "on the clock" = "on the hour."
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GuestIs is proper to say: dinner is at Six Thirty O'clock?
Doesn't o'clock mean "on the clock" or "on the hour"?
I think it sounds awkard, but I'm in the process of printing a formal invite, and a friend keeps saying it's at six thirty o'clock!
Help!
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pedant"O'clock" = "on the clock" = "on the hour."
O'clock actually comes from of the clock.

CB
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