Whinge of the day.
Will people please stop saying things like:
"at 10 a.m. in the morning".
Aaaarrrrggghhh!
Quick lesson:
'a.m.' stands for 'ante meridiem' - the Latin for 'before noon'.
'p.m.' stands for 'post meridiem' - the Latin for 'after noon'.
So, by saying '10 a.m. in the morning', you are actually saying '10 before noon in the morning'.
This is a phenomenon known as 'tautology' - unnecessarily saying the same thing twice.
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2 comments:
I know double negatives just ain't not what they used to be :-P
some people just need to learn proper England
A firm i no longer work for used to send out memo's with the time for meetings as 09:00hrs am :os
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