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Pchuang Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary
half of something
how do you express 50% of something. say, 50% of one apple.
"a half apple"?
"half of one apple"?
"a half piece of one apple"?
"one half piece of an apple"?
"one half piece of one apple"?
"a half apple"?
"half of one apple"?
"a half piece of one apple"?
"one half piece of an apple"?
"one half piece of one apple"?
Top answer
"half an apple"
- "half an apple"
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Agreed, but what about the plural? If you cut two apples in half you have four half-apples.
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I think I'd say "four halves of an apple" (even though there are actually 2 apples).
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I think this goes to show that there are a number of different ways to say this, all of which are correct.
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