Subtitles section Play video Print subtitles Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Adverb Phrase 15. The adverb phrase today is around the clock or round the clock. So either one. So either round the clock or around the clock. So we use both phrases So let's take a look at the note here. If someone does something or something happens round the clock or around the clock it goes on all day and all night without stopping. So it's literally like you're looking at the clock and it goes totally around all the hours passed by. So that's why they say around the clock. Meaning the whole thing without stopping. All right. Let's take a look at some examples here. Number one. Thomas Edison was known for working around the clock on his inventions and sometimes did not come home for days. Yeah. If you have ever read anything about his stories. Basically you know, I think his wife complained that sometimes he wouldn't come home for 3 or 4 days. He'd be working around the clock. I don't know, maybe he just took some naps in between. But that was a famous one they talked about. He used to work around the clock. Or number two. In 1955, Bill Haley and the Comets, they were ... they had a big hit at that time. They had a big hit called "Rock Around the Clock. " Yeah. It was a very famous song in the 1950s and then I think later in the 1970s it was used with the TV show happy days. It was the theme song. And it went something like you know, one two, three, o'clock four o'clock rock. Five six, seven, o'clock eight o'clock rock. Nine, ten, eleven o'clock twelve o'clock rock. You're gonna rock around the clock tonight. That's the way it went. So I think this song helped to make this phrase even that much more popular. Or number three here. We could say almost all 711s are open around the clock. We also say 24/7 a lot to mean you know, the whole day or around the clock ,as well. And number four here. That factory has three shifts during the busy season. Those machines are operating around the clock. So they don't have too much time to stop for maintenance or anything like that. Anyway, I hope you got it. I hope it was clear. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.
A2 US clock adverb phrase stopping haley famous English Tutor Nick P Adverb Phrase (15) Around the Clock or Round the Clock 18 0 anitawu12 posted on 2019/07/17 More Share Save Report Video vocabulary