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Are these sentences correct? thank you, very much.

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It is eight fifteen, in the evening. It is aquarte past eight, in the evening. It is halp past six, in the afternoon. It is three oh three, in the morning.

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updated Oct 10, 2011
posted by LuisaCorrales

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It's eight fifteen in the evening. It's a quarter past eight in the evening. It's half past six in the afternoon*. It's three minutes past three in the morning.**

*It is completely arbitrary, but usually in the U.S. anything past 6:00 p.m. is considered evening and before is afternoon. It's half past six in the evening. (this is our dinner hour traditionally, unlike in Spanish cultures)

** three o three is used in speech when reading 3:03 ( from digits or a clock). It is rarely used in writing. You would use the numbers.

And we tend to overuse contractions. It's rather than it is when speaking.

Your commas aren't necessary. There is no pause there when speaking the sentence.

updated Oct 10, 2011
edited by 0074b507
posted by 0074b507
thank you - LuisaCorrales, Oct 10, 2011