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Spanish tip of the month. Telling the time

I read, few days ago, some notes about the use in Spanish of "la hora" and how to express time in Spanish. What is right, and what is wrong. You can find all this information, in Spanish, here: Rae.es - HORA2. (Scroll down to "HORA2")

I thought this could be interesting, so here you can find the most important points about the use of "la hora":

One more thing: The abbreviations "m" is recommended for "noon". That is, whenever we need to refer to "noon", ("mediodía") we'll express it this way: "12 m.".

And more about abbreviations! Whenever you find letters "h", "m" or "s", they correspond to "hours", "minutes" and "seconds". That is: "horas", "minutos" and "segundos". These abbreviations are never followed by a dot, except if it is necessary because the abbreviation is located at the end of the sentence. For example:

Right: "El tren llega a las 8 h." (Right, because we need a dot, as it is the end of the sentence.)
Wrong: "Son las 8 h. de la mañana." (Wrong, as it should be: "Son las 8 h de la mañana."

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