Timeline for What's time in your watch can I say so if I'm talking about the time
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| Dec 11, 2023 at 22:24 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | I can't remember the last time someone stopped me in the street to ask me what time it was. The every young are unable to read the 12 hour clock (in Italy at least). Who wears watches any more, maybe if you're 50 or want to wear an invaluabe time piece otherwise watches are outdated. The times they're a-changing | |
| Dec 11, 2023 at 21:39 | comment | added | wjandrea | I'm not sure I understand the question. Is the title supposed to be something like ' "What's the time in your watch?" - Can I say this if I'm talking about the time?' Or better yet, 'Can I say "What's the time in your watch?" if I'm talking about the time?' And what do you mean by "absurd"? Are you thinking of "abstract"? Edit: Oh actually, I might have accidentally corrected an important mistake: "What's time?" and "What's the time?" are very different questions. | |
| S Dec 11, 2023 at 20:58 | history | suggested | Peter Mortensen | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Copy edited. In English, the subjective form of the singular first-person pronoun, "I", is capitalized, along with all its contractions such as I'll and I'm.
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| Dec 11, 2023 at 19:43 | comment | added | Lambie | Fyi, we say: time on a watch, or as given on a watch. | |
| Dec 11, 2023 at 19:08 | answer | added | Tom Anderson | timeline score: 2 | |
| Dec 11, 2023 at 18:59 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Dec 11, 2023 at 16:26 | comment | added | ReinstateMonica3167040 | Just making the distinction clearer: "The time is 6 p.m." means that the time as observed by your watch is 6 p.m. "Time is 6 p.m." means that the concept of time itself is somehow 6 p.m. which is absurd. | |
| Dec 11, 2023 at 14:43 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Dec 11, 2023 at 12:36 | answer | added | TimR on some device | timeline score: 7 | |
| Dec 11, 2023 at 9:08 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | What question do you ask? If your question is idiomatic, the person or persons responding badly are at fault. Please edit your post and include the sentence you think is the right way to ask someone for the time. | |
| Dec 11, 2023 at 8:10 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Dec 11, 2023 at 7:47 | history | edited | avpaderno |
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| Dec 11, 2023 at 6:56 | answer | added | James K | timeline score: 4 | |
| Dec 11, 2023 at 6:43 | history | edited | Anshul Bartwal | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| S Dec 11, 2023 at 6:42 | review | First questions | |||
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| S Dec 11, 2023 at 6:42 | history | asked | Anshul Bartwal | CC BY-SA 4.0 |