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Yeah, as in, if you take a quarter of an hour (15 minutes) from 10, it’s 9:45.
They also use minus ten, minus twenty or even minus twenty-five.
Ten hours minus twenty-five is 9:35.
Ten hours minus twenty is 9:40.
Ten hours minus (a/the) quarter is 9:45.
Ten hours minus ten is 9:50.
I find it confusing and never got used to this system. It feels old fashioned and it’s not even faster to say. But it’s still pretty common while being informal.
Yeah, as in, if you take a quarter of an hour (15 minutes) from 10, it’s 9:45.
They also use minus ten, minus twenty or even minus twenty-five.
Ten hours minus twenty-five is 9:35.
Ten hours minus twenty is 9:40.
Ten hours minus (a/the) quarter is 9:45.
Ten hours minus ten is 9:50.
I find it confusing and never got used to this system. It feels old fashioned and it’s not even faster to say. But it’s still pretty common while being informal.