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  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    It is the time of one and a half minutes. Therefore I would write one and a half minutes’ time, agreeing with Jenny J.
    Rutland, England
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    It's not very long since I decried, on this thread, the use of "uptick" to mean "increase".  I now hear it everywhere, including on R4 news programmes.  Too many broadcasters feel the need to jump on the latest bandwagon...
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I agree too but I'd still side step😊
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    @Liriodendron, I’d go so far as to say there has been a doubling down of upticks.
    Rutland, England
  • Chris-P-BaconChris-P-Bacon Posts: 943
    bédé said:

    Does anyone count user's number of posts?

    Is there a top 10?

    Does anyone rate them by helpfulness?
    No?..😒
  • rowlandscastle444rowlandscastle444 Posts: 2,612
    BenCotto said:
    One minute’s time.
    Two minutes’ time

    But where do you fancy putting the apostrophe if it’s one and a half minutes?

    I'd say in a minute-and-a-half, or ninety seconds.

    Failing that, "shortly".
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    There's usually a workaround :D
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited November 2022
    I can't get my head around 'bring' and 'take' (with)  so I avoid them whenever I'm in doubt.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    edited November 2022
    Really, @B3? I thought native speakers were genetically wired to understand the difference, and non native speakers never grasp it. For my sins I have tried - and failed - to explain the difference to Italians. Similarly, despite their efforts, I cannot comprehend when il tavolo (table, masculine) changes to la tavola (table, feminine).

    Are you there, @coccinella?
    Rutland, England
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited November 2022
    I'm second generation Irish. That's probably the issue. I also pronounce the h in why what where etc.
    I understand it, sort of, when I look it up but it sticks like warm goose fat on a Teflon coated pole in a south facing garden at midday in a heatwave in midsummer.😟
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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