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 …
time - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
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?
"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 …
Punctuation with units - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Sep 9, 2010 · 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 …
Correct use of "circa" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Aug 11, 2011 · 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 …
punctuation - How should I write units? - English Language
Feb 13, 2021 · In a scientific article, should I write "3m", "3 m", "3 meters", or "3 [meters]"?
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 …
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 …
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 …
What does this mean - "Please call me in 30 minutes"?
Jun 7, 2015 · I'm confused about "in" used in the above sentence. Does it mean "Please call me after 30 minutes" or does it mean "please call me within 30 minutes" ?