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Lucas21c Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Counting numbers

Could you check whether the following sentence is right? Thank you.

There are three pieces of half apple on the plate.
  

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lucas21c There are three pieces of half apple on the plate. No. No way.

  • lucas21c There are three pieces of half apple on the plate.
  • No.
  • No way.
  • You need this: There are three apple halves on the plate.
  • Note that no native speaker would be so precise, so you won't hear this much in an English-speaking country.
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lucas21cThere are three pieces of half apple on the plate.
No. No way. You need this:

There are three apple halves on the plate.

Note that no native speaker would be so precise, so you won't hear this much in an English-speaking country.

CJ
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lucas21cCould you check whether the following sentence is right? Thank you.There are three pieces of half apple on the plate.
I would write this:
There are three apple halves on the plate.

(Cross-posted)

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