sarajw, 26 days ago

@vasilis

With quarter and half hours, you don't specify minutes or hours UNLESS you're speaking about relative time:

"see you in half an hour, yeah?"
"how long? about an hour and a half"

otherwise:

"it's half past 3"
or colloquially "it's half 3"

(many languages say "half" to mean "half to" not "half past" which is arguably more correct, but confusing to me)

Otherwise I think you say 'minutes' if:

• not reading in digital-clock style
• saying a time that isn't a multiple of 5

2/3