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I wrote simply "Twenty past seven" (eg. someone asks the time and you reply with that). Should it really have been marked wrong?
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It seems to me like it should be accepted, since that is a normal way to state the time in English. The key thing to understand is that Turkish makes a firm distinction between "[It is] twenty past seven" and "[Something is happening at] twenty past seven." They are probably being overly strict to make sure that distinction is understood
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I think we have to, because as you said there is a big difference in Turkish...
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It really helps when you explain why you don't accept an otherwise correct answer. Otherwise it is distractingly annoying.
what does the "yi" in yediyi signify. Isn't it "to 7". Why wouldn't it be "twenty to seven"
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yi is an accusative suffix. The rule is accusative for 0-30 mins past hour, dative for 30+ mins past hour.
