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--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 17 Nov 2013, 12:49 ---I can't imagine anywhere where time would be more relevant.
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Wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey thing, it goes into style then gets replaced by something more complicated then gets dropped altogether when English becomes the international and interstellar standard during the First Glorious Earth Empire :-D
BeoPuppy:
Irrelevant, because impossible to follow.
http://io9.com/doctor-whos-strax-delivers-a-field-report-on-queen-eli-1466185464
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: Barmymoo on 16 Nov 2013, 03:52 ---I always do. I have always assumed that the colons are an American thing, but actually I don't know if that's true.
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I've always used colons. I don't have my copy of the Oxford Guide to Style (aka Hart's Rules) to hand; but Oxford University's style guide says this (which I had no idea of):
--- Quote from: Oxford University Style Guide ---use either the 12- or 24-hour clock – not both in the same text. The 12-hour clock uses a full stop between the hour and minute; the 24-hour clock uses a colon
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Barmymoo:
Actually yes, that makes sense. I pretty much only use the 12 hour clock but I would, come to think of it, use a colon in the 24 hour one.
Method of Madness:
The 24-hour clock isn't used much in the States (although I like it and my phone's clock uses it). Although speaking of full stop/period, I'm curious.
(click to show/hide)Do the British refer to the menstrual cycle as a "full stop"?
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