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2013-02-18
Linguistic reminders—a Translation Bureau product—show you how to avoid certain common language mistakes. The Bureau's latest reminder looks at how to write the time of day. Should you use periods in a.m. and p.m.? How about capitals? Does 12 a.m. mean midnight or noon? For answers to all of these questions and more, visit Time: How to write the time of day.