quarter

1.下面四句意思相同：

• I bought it for a quarter of the price.
• I bought it for quarter of the price.
• I bought it for a quarter the price.
• I bought it for quarter the price.

2.“一刻钟”该说a quarter of an hour，不可没有an，也不可单用a quarter，但在a quarter past three，a quarter to five等表达方式里没有of an hour。说“一刻钟或半小时”该用a quarter or half an hour，quarter后面的of an hour因为half后面有了an hour而省去。

3.a quarter past three，a quarter to five等表达方式里的a往往被省去。

4.one and a quarter feet和a foot and a quarter都可以说。（参见a, an 33）three and a quarter millions和three millions and a quarter也都可以说。

5.a quarter mile=a quarter of a mile，a quarter century=a quarter of a century。但通常不说a quarter hour。

6.I am going to take up (my) quarters with a friend（我将跟一个朋友住在一起）里的my现在用的少，不用的多。