Does anybody really know what time it is?
Spell out the time of day when it is on a quarter hour or half hour.
He gets up at six thirty every morning.
Spell out the time when using o’clock.
The meeting is at seven o’clock.
Use numerals when an exact time is being emphasized.
The flight leaves at 8:23.
Use numerals when using a.m. or p.m.
The ceremony will be at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Use noon and midnight instead of 12:00 a.m. or 12:00 p.m.
The luncheon will be at noon on Friday.
Happy New Year!
My first post to this blog was on June 19, 2009. Today starts a new year for this blog.
I find these posts beneficial. They have provided me with an education and a reference. Hopefully they have been helpful to others. I am surprised that I have been able to come up with grammar information for this long. It will be interesting to see how much longer this goes.
Here is a list of all the anniversary terms:
1 year Annual
2 years Biennial
3 years Triennial
4 years Quadrennial
5 years Quinquennial
6 years Sexennial
7 years Septennial
8 years Octennial
9 years Novennial
10 years Decennial
11 years Undecennial
12 years Duodecennial
13 years Tredecennial
14 years Quattuordecennial
15 years Quindecennial
20 years Vigintennial
50 years Semicentennial
75 years Dodranscentennial
100 years Centennial
125 years Quasquicentennial
150 years Sesquicentennial
175 years Dodransbicentennial
200 years Bicentennial
250 years Sestercentennial
300 years Tercentennial
350 years Sesquarcentennial
400 years Quadricentennial
500 years Quincentennial
600 years Sexcentennial
700 years Septicentennial
800 years Octocentennial
900 years Nonacentennial
1000 years Millennial
2000 years Bimillennial
Taken from Wikipedia (anniversary)
See this previous post for anniversaries less than a year.
Daylight Saving Time is the proper term
It is incorrect to use savings in the description.
Here is a portion of the history taken from the U. S. Naval Observatory site. It should be very accurate since “[they are] charged with maintaining the DoD reference for Precise Time and Time Interval.” … Although standard time in time zones was instituted in the U.S. and Canada by the railroads in 1883, it was not established in U.S. law until the Act of March 19, 1918, sometimes called the Standard Time Act. The act also established daylight saving time, a contentious idea then. … Beginning in 2007, daylight time starts on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November.
This is the link if you would like to read the complete history.
Have a good ante meridiem!
a.m. is the abbreviation for the Latin phrase ante meridiem which means before noon.
p.m. is the abbreviation for the Latin phrase post meridiem which means after noon.
11:00 p.m. is one hour before midnight
11:59 p.m. is one minute before midnight
12:00 midnight (even if your digital clock shows 12:00 a.m.)
12:01 a.m. is a minute past midnight
1:00 a.m. is an hour past midnight
11:00 a.m. is one hour before noon
11:59 a.m. is one minute before noon
12:00 p.m. noon (even if your digital clock shows 12:00 p.m.)
12:01 p.m. is a minute past noon
1:00 p.m. is an hour past noon
There is no need to say morning, afternoon, evening or night after using a.m. or p.m.
Incorrect: The meeting will be at 11:30 a.m. in the morning.
Correct: The meeting will be at 11:30 a.m.
Correct: The meeting will be at 11:30 in the morning.
Note: When a sentence ends with an abbreviation you do not need another period.