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- English notation for hour, minutes and seconds
From the time 01:00:00 to the time 02:34:56 is a duration of 1 hour, 34 minutes and 56 seconds (1h 34′ 56″) Prime markers start single and are multiplied for susbsequent appearances, so minutes use a single prime ′ and seconds use a double-prime ″ They are pronounced minutes and seconds respectively in the case of durations like this
- time - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Quarters divide years by four I am looking for the terms dividing years by 2, 3 and 6 Does there exists terms to express other parts of the years like quarters?
- abbreviation of units of measure: hours vs. minutes
The abbreviation for ‘hours’ is hrs The one for "Minute" is 'min' It is a unit of measure, which have standard abbreviations, and they do not change in plural nor have a final period So, the co
- How to write lengths of time in a short way with numbers
I am writing statistics results and I want to put a list of lengths of time In decimal values it will be, for example, 1 90 hours but this is not very human friendly Then I think I can use 1 ho
- an hour and a half or one and a half hours
Both of these are equally good with hours and other common measurements But maybe not with less common measurements For example: He drank one and a half glasses of water is more common than He drank a glass and a half of water
- Correct use of circa - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
It has always been my understanding that circa is properly used only when exact dates are unknown or disputed (I will concede to my betters about the use of circa with measures Presumably, the same rule about intentional vagueness applies ) Using circa with an exact, verified set of dates is wrong Recently, I edited a client’s work to correct “the poet John Keats lived c 1795–1821”
- Punctuation with units - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I remember reading somewhere that if a unit is abbreviated as one character, there must not be a space between the number and the unit (e g , 5m, 26K) If the unit is abbreviated as two or more
- Use of dd instead of of or dated in constructions of the type . . .
I'm a translator and at one translation bureau where I work one of the editors changes the preposition "of" or the word "dated" in time-related constructions to "dd", in this way: "Document Versi
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