28 million people. In both cases, there are a lot of people!
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Mister MicawberThere are 0.95/1.28 million people. In both cases, there are a lot of people!
CogarThanks Micawber.Oh! I guess your question is about using 'singular' or 'plural' for a value <= 1
When do you normally use plural? E.g. amperes, kilovolts, kilometers...etcMister MicawberThere are 0.95/1.28 million people. In both cases, there are a lot of people!
CliveIdiomatically, it's written as 0.5 hectares.From:
If I wrote '0.5 hectare', I'd want to write it as 'a 0.5 hectare'. But I'd prefer to write it as half a hectare, as you did.