Talk:quarter of

RFD discussion: April 2020–March 2021

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quarter of

Per Talk:twenty-five to. The appropriate sense is already at of. Ultimateria (talk) 19:13, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

Delete or maybe redirect to quarter. —(((Romanophile))) ♞ (contributions) 10:02, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

Delete - TheDaveRoss 13:10, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

Delete. PUC – 20:14, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

Keep; the use in the following seems peculiar to me as a non-native speaker: 'I need twenty minutes to get to the shop." "You'll be late. It's already a quarter of."' In M-W[1] (WT:LEMMING). These deletions of useful entries surely are not making the dictionary any better. --Dan Polansky (talk) 07:34, 30 May 2020 (UTC)

Keep per Dan. ←₰-→ Lingo ^Bingo _Dingo (talk) 13:08, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

Keep. ibid. --Kent Dominic (talk) 09:09, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

Delete, SOP. Quarter of an hour + a known sense of of, clear in context. Fay Freak (talk) 14:27, 28 December 2020 (UTC)

Keep. --幽霊四 (talk) 15:01, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

Keep per the lemming principle. Khemehekis (talk) 11:42, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

Keep. Younger people don't know what this is and are likely to look it up in a dictionary when encountering it an older source. "At a quarter of the first platoon moved out." Facts707 (talk) 10:59, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

No consensus to delete and none likely to emerge. This has been open for almost a year and the "look" template had been applied for a month and a half. Purplebackpack89 14:58, 8 March 2021 (UTC)