2017年2月25日 · half a mile/pound/hour etc half a pound of butter; It’s about half a mile down the road. She drank half a bottle of wine. half a million dollars; 2. a half hour/mile etc You can’t just …

2014年2月3日 · Are both "an hour and a half" and "one and a half hours" correct? If so, is either more appropriate in different contexts? Example context: "The Superbowl starts in less than …

It might take one and a half hours to do this. Note that this rule varies from a language to the other. In French for example, singular is to be used when there is less than two subjects. In …

Originally, I believe it was a half of a pizza but, depending on the variety of English spoken, or even maybe the region, people tend to drop the article. Personally, I say, I'll see you in a half …

The bus leaves in a quarter of an hour. The police station is about three quarters of a mile past the traffic lights. Note that after "one and a half", the noun is plural:

2021年9月3日 · A half-hour TV drama or quiz show will be timed very accurately to 30 minutes as it has to fit the schedule. A recipe which calls for a dish to be cooked for 30 minutes at 200°C …

2014年10月28日 · The engines that had stopped half an hour before were in action again. The engines that had stopped half an hour earlier were in action again. I think ago can only used in …

2012年10月23日 · There is also a more direct risk of confusion. In British English, at least, half followed by an hour is used by some to mean half past [hour]. It's perhaps worth adding that in …

at PRECISE TIME in MONTHS, YEARS, CENTURIES and LONG PERIODS on DAYS and DATES; at 3 o'clock: in May: on Sunday: at 10.30am

2020年6月21日 · If you move a meeting forward, you are scheduling it earlier. See Collins.. There is, however, a lot of confusion about terms like up, back, forward, and out when they are used …