From 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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:blossom: In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful. :blossom:

Hi!

A: I would like to register for a class today.
B: No problem, what class would you like to take?
A: I would very much enjoy taking a Psychology class.
B: There are two classes that are still open.
A: Which days are these classes on?
B: The first class is a Tuesday and Thursday class from two to three.
A: What about the other class?
B: The other class is on Monday and Wednesday from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. ← Original text

Which is correct:

1- … from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. ← Original text

2- … from 10 until noon.

Thank you

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Both options are grammatically correct, but they differ in tone and formality:

:white_check_mark: 1 — “from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.”

  • More formal and precise.
  • Standard in academic or official contexts.

:white_check_mark: 2 — “from 10 until noon”

  • More casual and conversational.
  • Good for spoken dialogue or informal writing.

Since your dialogue is a spoken conversation, Option 2 (“from 10 until noon”) sounds more natural and idiomatic. But if you want to keep it a bit more formal or clear, Option 1 is still perfectly fine.

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Thank you so much, Torsten :rose:
Very nice.

I have 2 questions:

1- Considering that the original text is not compatible with the audio file, should the text be modified as follows? ↓

B: The other class is on Monday and Wednesday from 10:00 until noon

B: The first class is a Tuesday and Thursday class from two to three. ↓

B: The first class is on Tuesday and Thursday from two to three.

2- Are these two sentences completely equal in meaning?

Thanks

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Yes, they are, but they use a slightly different approach.

The second sentence is simply saying that the class meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

The first sentence says that the class is “a Tuesday and Thursday class”. The University probably has a standard schedule in which classes meet either Monday/Wednesday or Tuesday/Thursday in order to avoid scheduling conflicts. So the registrar is saying that this class belongs to the “Tuesday and Thursday class” part of the schedule.

As for your first question, I would go with what Torsten said, which exactly matches what the audio file says

“ B: The other class is on Monday and Wednesday from 10 until noon.“

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Thank you so much, Arinker :rose:
Very nice.

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It is more fluid and natural, because ‘noon’ is an intuitively way of marking the end of the time frame.

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