Sep 15, 2017 · Quarters divide years by four. I am looking for the terms dividing years by 2, 3 and 6. Does there exists terms to express other parts of the years like quarters?

May 17, 2013 · From the time 01:00:00 to the time 02:34:56 is a duration of 1 hour, 34 minutes and 56 seconds (1h 34′ 56″) Prime markers start single and are multiplied for susbsequent appearances, so …

Feb 3, 2014 · Both of these are equally good with hours and other common measurements. But maybe not with less common measurements. For example: He drank one and a half glasses of water. is …

Could you tell me what "ca. 1828" means? i.e. "ca." before a date? What if it says "First half of 12th century (c.a. 1175)?". That seems to contradict itself...

Aug 11, 2011 · It has always been my understanding that circa is properly used only when exact dates are unknown or disputed. (I will concede to my betters about the use of circa with measures. …

Sep 9, 2010 · I remember reading somewhere that if a unit is abbreviated as one character, there must not be a space between the number and the unit (e.g., 5m, 26K). If the unit is abbreviated as two or …

Nov 26, 2010 · Does within mean before or after? Or does it mean both? For example, Do not drink or eat within an hour of taking these pills.

Mar 29, 2017 · I am writing statistics results and I want to put a list of lengths of time. In decimal values it will be, for example, 1.90 hours but this is not very human friendly. Then I think I can use 1 ho...

Apr 21, 2020 · I'm a translator and at one translation bureau where I work one of the editors changes the preposition "of" or the word "dated" in time-related constructions to "dd", in this way: "Document Versi...

Feb 13, 2021 · In a scientific article, should I write "3m", "3 m", "3 meters", or "3 [meters]"?