word usage - 1 o'clock in the morning OR 1 o'clock at night?
2015年9月8日 · 1 o'clock in the morning means you've woken me up so knock off that damn racket. 1 o'clock at night means I've have fun staying up late so stop complaining about the racket I'm making. So yes they both mean 1 am. The way we talk about time has a lot to do with how we feel about it. 1 pm is of course expressed as 1 o'clock in the afternoon.
When should I say "AM" / "PM" and when should I say "o'clock"?
2018年3月20日 · However, saying It's 2 by itself is uncommon: the o'clock is needed to specify that the current time is 2. Usage For business documents. Am/pm or 24-hour time are typically used. Telling time. For exact hours (1:00, 2:00, 3:00, ...) it is typical to say 1 o'clock when stating the time because as mentioned above, It's 1 by itself is ambiguous.
word meaning - What does the "o" stand for in 9 o'clock? - English ...
1. The accepted answer here correctly explains that the "o'" contraction is short for "of the", but it does not explain how it came to be in the first place. Prior to the introduction of clocks, there were other indicators of time, like celestial bodies. Even when clocks were introduced, very few people had them, and common people still used ...
Times of the day - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
2020年4月19日 · 6:00 – It’s six o’clock in the morning. 7:00 – It’s seven o’clock in the morning. 8:00 – It’s eight o’clock in the morning. 9:00 – It’s nine o’clock in the morning. 10:00 – It’s ten o’clock in the morning. 11:00 – It’s eleven o’clock in the morning. 12:00 – It’s twelve o’clock noon. = It’s twelve o ...
How should one say times aloud in 24-hour notation?
The 24-hour format is used from the military, even in USA. I think they say 15:00, but o'clock is not associated with numbers from one to twelve only. You can say "fifteen o'clock" and all people would understand what you mean by o'clock; they will calculate which time you mean, and maybe they will tell you "you are using the military time." (I ...
idioms - Describing directions using the clock face - English …
2013年1月25日 · Using the face of a clock can be used on the ground, with 12 O'Clock being straight ahead and 3 O'Clock directly to your right. When airborne, there is an additional elevation element--2 O'Clock can be on the same elevation, slightly ahead of right, or directly to the right, slightly above the wing. – oosterwal. Mar 22, 2011 at 18:04.
single word requests - Precise names for parts of a day - English ...
As for time of day, my dialect has two sets of word. One refers to the clock and one refers to the sky. The set of words that refers to the clock is: midnight (exactly 12:00 am), morning (from 12:01 am to 11:59 am), noon (exactly 12:00 pm), afternoon (from 12:01 pm to 6:00 pm), evening (from 6:00 pm to 11:59 pm).
"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
Usage and origin of "clock position" expressions.
2016年10月7日 · A clock position: is the relative direction of an object described using the analogy of a 12-hour clock to describe angles and directions. So: 12 o'clock means ahead, 3 o'clock means to the right, 6 o'clock means behind, and 9 o'clock means to the left. The other eight hours refer to directions that are not directly in line with the four major ...
prepositions - I'm available for 7 o'clock - is it correct? - English ...
2019年4月26日 · "For" may work if there is an appointment or something similar at 7, but then you would say it as "I'm available for the 7 o'clock." "I'm available for the 7 o'clock" may work for a shift. Otherwise, you would say (because you have said this means "can only come at") "I'm [only] available at 7 o'clock."