Which is the correct question?

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What time is it?orWhat is the time?Thanks for your help

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

I think both of them are true

Dice · Answer

I have to be sure...........anyone knows if both of them are correct?  If not, which is the correct one.

Buddhist-Accountant · Answer

i think it should be " What time is it ?"

Tanit · Answer

Hi,

Both are correct (as you wrote, and not "true" as Anon did

)
You are more likely to hear the second one as "What's the time?"

Here are two quotations from two dictionaries (as references)
- "What's the time?" "It's ten o'clock." (http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=83148&dict=CALD)
- "What time is it?" ( and http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/time)

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