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Correct expression of time in graduate English graduation thesis
First, all the time can be read directly with "hours+minutes":

6: 10 6: 10

8: 30 8: 30

Two forty

Two, if the statement time is less than half an hour, you can use "minutes+past+hours":

ten past six

twenty past four

10: 25

3. If the specified time exceeds half an hour, you can use "(poor) minutes+to+(next) hour":

twenty five past eleven

Ten minutes to six.

Nine forty-nine, quarter to ten.

4. If the specified time is exactly half an hour, you can use "half+past+hour":

165438+ 1 1 1: 30.

Half past two, half past two

5. If the minute is related to 15, there are three expressions:

(15 minutes is also called a quarter)

9: 15 9: 15; At 9: 15; a quarter past nine

Three forty-five three forty-five; Fifteen to four; fifteen to four/a quarter to four

Six, the whole point expression:

It is two o'clock sharp. It's two o'clock. /It's two o'clock.

In addition, noon and midnight in English can directly represent 12 minutes of day and night, respectively:

It's (twenty) noon. It's noon (twelve o'clock).

It's midnight. It's midnight.

Seven. Approximate time:

It's almost two o'clock. It's almost two o'clock.

Not exactly two. It's not even two o'clock.

Just after two o'clock. Just after two o'clock.

If you want to show that it is morning, you can add a.m. after the time.

For example: 6: 30 in the morning (6: 13).

If you want to show that it is afternoon, you can add p.m. after the time.

For example, four o'clock in the afternoon (four o'clock in the afternoon).

Nine, sentence examples

1. It's 9: 45. It's a quarter to ten.

It's two seventeen. It's two seventeen.

It's three o'clock. = It's three o'clock.

It's half past nine. It's half past nine.

It's 6: 15. It's a quarter past six.

6. It's three fifty. It's ten minutes to four.

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