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  1. Year Division by Quarters: any terms to express halves of years or ...

    Sep 15, 2017 · 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?

  2. English notation for hour, minutes and seconds

    May 17, 2013 · 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 …

  3. "an hour and a half" or "one and a half hours"

    Feb 3, 2014 · 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 …

  4. Why do we say "ahead of" but not "behind of"?

    Dec 4, 2018 · It just occurred to me that even though "ahead/behind" mean opposite things, their usage is slightly different. Say we were talking about time zones. Why is it that I could say either I'...

  5. How to write lengths of time in a short way with numbers

    Mar 29, 2017 · 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...

  6. Does "within an hour" mean before, after, or both?

    Nov 26, 2010 · Does within mean before or after? Or does it mean both? For example, Do not drink or eat within an hour of taking these pills.

  7. punctuation - Why is there a slash within "n/a"? - English Language ...

    Dec 9, 2022 · The important thing to note is that these abbreviations are much more common in handwritten correspondence than they are online. c/o is often used when addressing post to …

  8. abbreviation of units of measure: 'hours' vs. 'minutes'

    Sep 3, 2013 · 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 …

  9. "Sir or Madam" vs "Madam or Sir" in formal letter

    May 13, 2015 · In a formal letter addressed to one or more unknown recipients, "Dear Sir or Madam" is the customary salutation. As a German native speaker, who is used to "Sehr geehrte Damen und …

  10. Use of "dd" instead of "of" or "dated" in constructions of the type ...

    Apr 21, 2020 · 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...