How to use "hr./hrs" when describing time in the 24-hour clock?
2015年10月19日 · For military time the 24 hour clock would use hrs for written communications as in, "The operation will begin at 1500 hrs." However, when speaking the hrs is not necessary.
Should you say hour or hours in this type of sentence?
Being a non native speaker of English, this type of sentence always bites me: It was a pleasant four hours journey from Nashik to Pune. Should it be hour or hours?
What is the correct way to write 1.5 hours?
2015年1月31日 · In general, for some number of hours, plus some fraction of an hour, you'd use the number, plus the fraction, plus "hours", plural. "Four and a half hours.", "Three and three-quarters hours," etc. However, for the specific case of 1.5 hours, the usual expression is "an hour and a half". This usage is so common that "One and a half hours" actually sounds strange.
Is it correct to say 'It takes 2 hours, 4 hours top'?
I'd have expected it should rather be 2 hours, 4 hours max. So can top in this context be used like a synonym for max? Is this a common phrase?
possessives - "24 hours' notice" or "24 hours notice"? - English ...
2015年6月17日 · Which one is correct? 1: Well, you canceled on Tuesday and our policy is 24 hours' notice for all cancellations. 2: Well, you canceled on Tuesday and our policy is 24 hours notice for all cancella...
"1.5 hours" are "One hour and half" or "One and half hour"?
It's either "one and a half hour s " (plural because it's more than one hour) or "one/an hour and a half".
redundancy - What does "within 1 to 2 hours" imply - English …
2017年1月25日 · In the following context: You will be called within 1 to 2 hours Does "within" imply between 1 and 2 hours? Or anytime from now, until 2 hours?
interpretation - What's the meaning of "within x of something ...
2018年10月18日 · What's the meaning of " A is 2 hours within of B " ? Is it correct? "A-B=2 hours or B-A=2 hours" . Assume A: my estimate distance from home to the bus station and B: the actual distance from my ho...
Difference between: "it has rained / been raining for two hours"
2016年10月31日 · It has been rwining for two hours. It has rained for two hours. There's no difference in meaning. You can use either the present perfect continuous or the present perfect with a period/length of time to express an action that started in the past and continues in the present. Look at the following sentences in the present perfect; these are interchangeable with the present perfect continuous: I ...
"Passed" or "Past" - Referring to a time in past compared to now
(1) past (plural pasts) The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future. (2) past (adjective) past (comparative more past, superlative most past) Having already happened; in the past; finished. (postmodifier) Following expressions of time to indicate how long ago something happened; ago. - passed Simple past tense and past participle of pass. I …