DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AMERICAN AND BRITISH STYLE

1. american style

Reeling / time perusal (the time of day) base style's

america,as well as reeling / time uttering in
indonesian which is by names earlier time which
point out hour then at follows by minute reeling.

Example :

12
9 3
6

19.25 = nineteen twenty five in the

evening
02.12 a.m = two twelve in the morning
11.25 a.m = eleven twenty five minutes in the
morning
24.00 = twelve oclock midnight

2. while the british style

reeling / time uttering in british time's concept

which is by names earlier time which point out
minute then at follows by time reeling that points
out minute.

02:30 a.m
 Example :
02.30 p.m = half to two
02.15 a.m = a quarter past two
03.10 p.m = ten past three
24.00 = twelve oclock midnight
12.00 = twelve oclock midday

to name arithmetic time its minute point out

number more than 30 minute therefore utilize word
TO among hour and minute reeling. And it can
also make easy our to name time( the time of day)
without has to account. And this can also help us to
mention the time (hours) without having to count.

Example :
08.40 a.m = twenty minutes to nine
04.56 p.m = four minutes to five
19.35 = twenty five minutes to twenty

Meanwhile to name arithmetic time its minute less

than 30 minute therefore utilize word PAST
among hour and minute reeling.
Example :
09.23 p.m = twenty three minutes past twenty
three in the evening.
10.28 a.m = twenty eight minutes past ten in
the morning.
 Telling the time in American tyle is more simple
than in british style

Example : 09.15

In british style : its a quarter past nine or

fifteen past nine.
In american style :its nine fifteen.

English Task

HOW TO TELLING THE TIME IN

AMERICAN AND BRITHISH STYLE
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