@[email protected] to ShowerthoughtsEnglish • 10 months agoI hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace.message-square169fedilinkarrow-up1451arrow-down120
arrow-up1431arrow-down1message-squareI hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace.@[email protected] to ShowerthoughtsEnglish • 10 months agomessage-square169fedilink
minus-squareÐ Greıt Þu̇mpkinlinkfedilink5•10 months agoI don’t get why, it’s not like they aren’t learning fractions these days right?
minus-square@SparrowRanjitScaurlink5•edit-210 months agoBecause it’s easier to use 5:15 or 5:30 when you get a digital readout. No one’s counting every individual tick on an analog clock, so fractions make more sense in that case.
I don’t get why, it’s not like they aren’t learning fractions these days right?
Because it’s easier to use 5:15 or 5:30 when you get a digital readout. No one’s counting every individual tick on an analog clock, so fractions make more sense in that case.