It’ll be 4 seconds slow in the afternoon, which is to say it’s gone back for seconds.
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Edited to make the tense consistent
It’ll be 4 seconds slow in the afternoon, which is to say it’s gone back for seconds.
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Edited to make the tense consistent
I’d personally go with:
“Why was the clock slow in the afternoon?”
“Because it went back four seconds at lunch.”