can you help solve an argument? if some one asks you the time and it is exactly 17 minutes past the hour, would u say to them that it is just gone quater passed or nearly 20 past?
2006-09-06 10:33:15 · 22 answers · asked by BOO 5 in Family & Relationships ➔ Other - Family & Relationships
saying it is 17 minutes past is not an option sorry...
2006-09-06 10:38:47 · update #1
Twelve monkeys so far best answer!!!
2006-09-06 10:41:53 · update #2
I'd say it's 43 minutes to.......
2006-09-06 10:40:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
You can say: 17 minutes past the hour,or a quarter past the hour.
2006-09-06 17:41:35 · answer #2 · answered by cobrasnake 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since 17 minutes past is close to quarter past than 20 past, then 'just gone quarter past' would seem more accurate. Course, by the time you've finished arguing, it's probably gone twenty past!!!
2006-09-06 17:39:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
just gone quarter past because 17 closer to 15 than 20.
2006-09-06 17:40:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say 17 minutes past, but I would think just gone quarter past is OK also !!!
2006-09-06 17:39:59 · answer #5 · answered by Dolly Blue 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I say it's 17 past the hour.
2006-09-06 17:35:38 · answer #6 · answered by rachel o 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it was on a clock on the wall or somethin, with hands, I would say just after quater past. If it was digital I would say 20 past.
2006-09-06 17:39:11 · answer #7 · answered by Carrie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say 17 mins past the hour.
2006-09-06 17:39:04 · answer #8 · answered by teulonbranchlibrary 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Id say just gone quarter past due to the fact that as its only 2 mins past quarter past and 3 mins to go to twenty past - really it is nearer to quarter past!!!!!
2006-09-07 04:29:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would say "just gone quarter past" because quarter is a round answer whereas 20 minutes isnt - also if you say that, they know that it isnt 20 past yet, but neither is it quarter past. lol
2006-09-06 17:40:02 · answer #10 · answered by -mystery- 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just gone quarter past. x
2006-09-06 17:36:49 · answer #11 · answered by odette 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋