- "a half of"较常见于正式英语中，尤其适用于学术、科技或正式的描述语境。 - "half of"用法更普遍，适用于正式和非正式的口语和书面语。 例句： - Research shows that a half of the …

Apr 8, 2022 · One of my students said something like "I do that every day at two and half PM" to express 2:30 PM. Is this correct or understood by English native speakers? I told them that the …

"a half of"和"half of"都是表示"一半"的短语，但它们在释义、用法、使用环境、影响范围和形象上存在一些区别。 1. 释义区别： - "a half of"指的是"一个整体的一半"，强调对整个事物的划分。 - …

one and a half hours 和one hour and a half没有区别，都是一个半月的意思。 例句： I spent only one and a half hours. 我这么做只花了一个半小时。 One and a half hours is enough for me. 对 …

Jul 11, 2023 · It feels odd and unnatural to use “half” when talking about two items. In any real context, a person would say something like, “I have two balls and one (of them) is blue.” “Half …

Feb 2, 2007 · . . .half is one syllable and so the word is emphasised/stressed. Most words fall into this category. SO, I think you use an if the h sound is silent (e.g. honour) or if the first syllable …

Nov 10, 2011 · ‥We have a proverb here: ‘Two boys are half a boy, and three boys are no boy at all.’ [c 1930 F. Thompson Country Calendar 114] Rural New England of the mid-nineteenth …

- "a half hour"强调的是时间的长度，用于强调时间的重要性或长短。 - "half an hour"强调的是具体的时间段，用于具体描述某一段时间。 例句： - It took him a half hour to finish the puzzle.（ …

Oct 3, 2012 · Some people spend half the day daydreaming = Some people spend half of all their days daydreaming = Some people spend half their time daydreaming Half in all these …

Aug 5, 2005 · Skaioo, as a native English speaker I have to say I haven't once heard "it's seven and a half" used to tell the time. The correct ways of expressing 7:30 are: "it's seven thirty", …