9:30 o'clock??

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Kekel  #391716  Fri, 13 Jul 07 06:11 PM
do you use o'clock with minutes??
  
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Francesca  #391723  Fri, 13 Jul 07 06:21 PM
Personally I don't. I was taught to use o'clock only with '00' minutes. Anyway I don't know if it might be used in informal speeches Thinking [*-)]
  
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Diamondrg  #391728  Fri, 13 Jul 07 06:32 PM

No, they don't. They use it with "hours", but not necessarily.

It is five past nine.

It is nine o'clock.

It is nine.

  
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Kekel  #391733  Fri, 13 Jul 07 06:49 PM
Many thanks, people!

  
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