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Vincent Teo Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
One and a half hours / hour
Which is the correct words?
He spent one and a half hour / hours taking after his children.
He spent one and a half hour / hours taking after his children.
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The common way to say that is an hour and a half. Since one and a half is greater than one you should use the plural hours (pure math).
- The common way to say that is an hour and a half.
- Since one and a half is greater than one you should use the plural hours (pure math).
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The common way to say that is an hour and a half.
Since one and a half is greater than one you should use the plural hours (pure math).
Since one and a half is greater than one you should use the plural hours (pure math).
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I've done some investigating. It seems that both one and a half hour/hours are common. I guess it could go either way depending on how you parse the phrase.
one (hour) and a half hour.
(one and a half) hours.
one (hour) and a half hour.
(one and a half) hours.
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Vincent TeoHe spent one and a half hour / hours taking after his children.In the context of your question the only one that sounds right to me is "one and a half hours."
And "taking care of" not "taking after."
Note however that in other contexts "one and a half hour" is correct, as in these examples:
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