Cut into half?

Question

Which one is correct?Cut an apple into half.Cut an apple into halves.Cut an apple into half and half.

Usenet · Accepted Answer

[nq:1]Which one is correct? Cut an apple into half.[/nq]
Maybe not incorrect, but "Cut an apple in half" is much more common and natural.
[nq:1]Cut an apple into halves.[/nq]
This is correct, but would be used less often than "Cut an apple in half".
[nq:1]Cut an apple into half and half.[/nq]
This is incorrect.
Regards,
Arfur

Usenet · Answer

[nq:1]Which one is correct? Cut an apple into half. Cut an apple into halves. Cut an apple into half and half.[/nq]
The second one is correct, but it would be simpler (and also correct) to say:
Cut an apple in two

Alec McKenzie

Usenet · Answer

[nq:1]Which one is correct? Cut an apple into half. Cut an apple into halves. Cut an apple into half and half.[/nq]
Cut an apple in half.
Adrian

Usenet · Answer

[nq:1]Which one is correct? Cut an apple into half.[/nq]
Unidiomatic. "In half" is idiomatic, and appropriate when the emphasis is on one of the halves, e.g.,
I wasn't very hungry, so I cut the apple in half.
The new tariff has cut imports in half.
In those examples we are not concerned with the other half.
[nq:1]Cut an apple into halves.[/nq]
Rather bookish, but has its place, e.g.,
I cut an apple into halves, and gave one to my little sister.

"In two" is the more usual expression for an operation seen as symmetrical.
[nq:1]Cut an apple into half and half.[/nq]
No.

Joe Fineman (Email Removed)

Usenet · Answer

[nq:1]Which one is correct? Cut an apple into half. Cut an apple into halves. Cut an apple into half and half.[/nq]
Halve an apple?

john

Usenet · Answer

[nq:2]Which one is correct? Cut an apple into half. Cut an apple into halves. Cut an apple into half and half.[/nq]
[nq:1]Halve an apple?[/nq]
Halve two; they're small.

Roland Hutchinson Will play viola da gamba for food.

NB mail to my.spamtrap (at) verizon.net is heavily filtered to remove spam. If your message looks like spam I may not see it.

Usenet · Answer

[nq:1]Which one is correct? Cut an apple into half. Cut an apple into halves. Cut an apple into half and half.[/nq]
THe second.

Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk

Usenet · Answer

}
}> Which one is correct?
}>
}> Cut an apple into half.
}
} Unidiomatic. "In half" is idiomatic, and appropriate when the } emphasis is on one of the halves, e.g.,
}
} I wasn't very hungry, so I cut the apple in half.

Okay.
} The new tariff has cut imports in half.
Or "by half".
} In those examples we are not concerned with the other half. }
}> Cut an apple into halves.
}
} Rather bookish, but has its place, e.g.,
}
} I cut an apple into halves, and gave one to my little sister.

I hope you let her pick the biggest half.
} "In two" is the more usual expression for an operation seen as } symmetrical.
Of course adultly adults stick their thumbs into the stem end and break the apple in half. The only reason to cut an apple in half is crosswise to amaze little children with the star in the cross section.

}> Cut an apple into half and half.
}
} No.
Unless the half and half is on your Cheerios.
} Joe Fineman (Email Removed)

R. J. Valentine
I knew a deacon once who was awarded an STD. I suggested he get a T-shirt with "I got my STD the hard way" on the front and "I earned it" on the back. He wasn't amused.

Usenet · Answer

"Mary" asks about:
[nq:2]Cut an apple into half. Cut an apple into halves. Cut an apple into half and half.[/nq]
The second one is correct, but "Cut an apple in half" would be more common, I think.
[nq:1]The second one is correct, but it would be simpler (and also correct) to say: Cut an apple in two[/nq]
This is different it could be two unequal pieces, not two halves.
Mark Brader "You can't (compare) computer memory and recall Toronto with human memory and recall. It's comparing (Email Removed) apples and bicycles." Ed Knowles

Cut into half?

Top answer

Get the Weekly English Kit 📬

Related Questions