Anyone using “quarter of” to mean X:15 is just incorrect. That’s “quarter after”.
Even worse than that imo is ‘quarter of’. I swear to god it’s been used to mean both before or after whatever hour they’re talking about
Feathercrown@lemmy.world 6 months ago
John_McMurray@lemmy.world 6 months ago
When you say quarter of, you are supposed to say the next hour. Quarter after 4 is a quarter of 5.
Feathercrown@lemmy.world 6 months ago
That’s… I guess that makes sense but that’s really weird and ambiguous.
thistledown@rblind.com 6 months ago
I would not have guessed that meaning of “of.” I think we should stick to “til” or “past” for clarity.
bobagem@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Quarter after four is 4:15.
Quarter of five is 4:45. Also quarter to five and quarter til five.
Willy@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
mfrs think I know what hours its close to when I probably don’t know the day and am lucky to know what month it is.