What's wrong here? "At five fifty one of the kitchen guys reported for work."
The time should be spelled out. | 5 (10%) |
The grammar is incorrect. | 4 (8%) |
A punctuation mark might be necessary. | 35 (74%) |
Nothing is wrong. | 3 (6%) |
I agree with 74% of you. The sentence is not incorrect, but it could be confusing. I would add a comma:
"At five fifty, one of the kitchen guys reported for work."
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I would have written "At 5.50pm one of the kitchen guys reported for work.".
I agree with Duncan. I would have written 5:50 PM (AM?), followed by that comma. Since the word following the comma is "one," I would definitely write out the time. Otherwise, the reader could read 5:51 instead of 5:50. I know the comma helps, but it doesn't make it any less awkward. The other problem is that there are to 5:50s in most days, and the reader doesn't know if the writer is referring to morning or early evening.
edit from last post:
-I would write out the time (using numbers)
-two, not to.
Ugh.
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