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    Two hours and a half/help

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    Two hours and a half/help
    Message from mohammad51 posted on 11-09-2021 at 14:35:10 (D | E | F)
    Hello
    Please guide me which is more grammatically correct?
    Thank you in advance.
    I have searched looked for explanations in many books and sites and have got different results

    Is it What can we say? : Two hours and a half OR Two and a half hours.

    Please be kind and answer my question.

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    Edited by lucile83 on 11-09-2021 18:03
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    Re: Two hours and a half/help from lucile83, posted on 11-09-2021 at 16:11:16 (D | E)
    Hello,
    Two hours and a half ...no, we'd say One hour and a half because it can be the half of one hour but not the half of two hours,which would be 3 hours then.
    OR
    Two and a half hours ...is correct.



    Re: Two hours and a half/help from gerondif, posted on 11-09-2021 at 16:38:53 (D | E)
    Hello
    You can search a suspect for drugs but I can hardly imagine you searching a book. You have looked for an answer in many books.

    Both expressions seem to be in use but two and a half hours seems much more common, the other one being probably not quite right but still used, an imitation of one hour and a half, as lucile explained.

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    Re: Two hours and a half/help from mohammad51, posted on 12-09-2021 at 14:52:49 (D | E)
    Hello
    Thank you both teachers

    I agree with you dear teacher gerondif both are used and still are used

    For " Two hours and a half

    One native speaker said " He has never heard it in US; perhaps used in UK or other places?"

    I noticed all Indian authors of grammar books, as well as the Russian choose " Two hours and a half.
    Suggesting " Two and a half hours" = wrong
    Lastly and how much I searched, I got a result:
    Two hours and a half = archaic as much as I supposed




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