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For questions about expressing time in English.

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Am I telling the time correctly on the analog clock?

If people are asking because they need to catch a train at a particular time, or waiting for a meeting to start, the assumption is they're asking about the minutes, rather than the hour. 1325: "It's twenty-five … Unless it's a circumstance where the listener needs the exact time, we're likely to approximate to the nearest 5 minutes. 1326, 1327: "about twenty five past". 1328-1329: "nearly half past" 1329: "It's …
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