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The only one that I know of as being an anachronism is saying "quarter of" or similar. At one point people decided that 'of' meant 'to' and after a while we for

The only one that I know of as being an anachronism is saying "quarter of" or similar. At one point people decided that 'of' meant 'to' and after a while we forgot that because it was stupid. People still say quarter past though.

aidenn0 2y ago
My teenage daughter needs me to explain it to her every time I say either "quarter past" or "quarter to"
- Suppafly 2y ago
  past and to are pretty self explanatory if you know English at all.