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A year and a half ago vs one and a half year ago

The phrase 'a year and a half ago' is correct and commonly used in English. On the other hand, 'one and a half year ago' is not a standard expression in English.

Last updated: April 04, 2024 • 1335 views

A year and a half ago

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to refer to a point in time that was one year and six months in the past.

Examples:

  • I started my new job a year and a half ago.
  • She moved to the city a year and a half ago.
  • They got married a year and a half ago.
  • A year and a half ago, I was warned that my life was in danger by someone within the government.
  • A year and a half ago, I could have eviscerated him with my thoughts.
  • A year and a half ago, I was with the Secret Service.
  • A year and a half ago, we lost our explosives man in Angola.
  • A year and a half ago, other researchers tested water in German plastic bottles, and the test yielded the same result.
  • A year and a half ago biofuels were still a miracle aid in the fight against global warming.
  • A year and a half ago she broke it off.
  • A year and a half ago, there was an accident, and both of Nona's parents were killed.
  • A year and a half ago, my father told me he was getting married, and he asked me to officiate.
  • A year and a half ago. I'm a philanthropist now.
  • A year and a half ago you stopped visiting him?
  • A year and a half ago, four of the five people who are full time members at Ushahidi, which means "testimony" in Swahili, were TED Fellows.
  • A year and a half ago, the case of the Polish plumber was the embodiment of a xenophobia that is condemnable in all its forms.
  • A year and a half ago, dad and I separated, but our relationship is very cordial.
  • A year and a half ago, I moved to Jackson, Mississippi to help my daughter with her yoga studio. When I arrived, I realized that
  • A year and a half ago, I tabled a question to the Commission stressing that such incidents can occur, for viruses, bacteria and toxic substances are used and manipulated throughout the world without our knowledge.
  • A year and a half ago, Latvia experienced a crisis similar to the crisis that we are now experiencing in the rest of Europe; namely, the financial markets attacked our currency and had lost all confidence in it.
  • A year and a half ago, we saw no hope for an agreement between employer and worker, between old and new Member States, between left and right.
  • Diagnosed about a year and a half ago.
  • About a year and a half ago... my friend got access to the evidence room.

one and a half year ago

This phrase is not a standard expression in English.

  • It will take time and I just need some peace and quiet, said Lene in a rare interview to VG one and a half year ago. -The job was simple too much for me, she confessed.
  • One and a half year ago he had just launched his startup, Makoo, born at InnovAction Lab 2013.
  • The Commission proposed Agenda 2000 one and a half years ago.
  • Since its inception it was not convened until the present Government came to power, one and a half years ago.
  • One and a half years ago, I opened my barbershop.
  • One such crime involved the murder one and a half years ago of three children whose corpses have now been found in Kayseri.
  • I remember talking about this for the first time in Australia, about one and a half years ago, when their academy honored me with a fellowship.
  • This is our one and a half years ago related to the attack.
  • Despite the backlash from his grandmother, he also turned vegan one and a half years ago.
  • Mr President, the Commission communication which we are discussing was published one and a half years ago following the outbreak of war in Central Africa.
  • Parliament decided on this one and a half years ago, but until today the Council has had nothing to say on the subject.
  • You knew one-and-a-half years ago, through your legal services, that it is not possible under Articles 31 and 32 to have segregated decommissioning funds.
  • I met my wife one and a half years ago during my language placement over there.
  • In fact, one and a half years ago, the French Minister for Foreign Affairs said that he believed Mobutu was the only one who could guarantee Zaire's territorial integrity.
  • It was one and a half years ago.
  • Compared to one and a half years ago, when the prevailing narrative was still revolving around global synchronised growth, the economic outlook for Europe has darkened significantly.
  • Referring to presenter Schell told the Governor that he had seen about one and a half years ago, the musical play "The White Horse Inn at Lake Wolfgang" in a production of Joseph E. Köpplinger in Munich.
  • More or less one and a half years ago, following different clinical tests and a sudden increase of my scoliosis, I was diagnosed with Arnold Chiari I.
  • The first album sold almost 1.7 million copies, and as most of us remember, she was gone from the limelight for four years, before the next album showed up one-and-a-half years ago.
  • The first album of the band came out only one and a half years ago, and we received the most positive feedback, strange to say, from abroad, though we sing in Russian.

Alternatives:

  • a year and a half ago
  • 18 months ago
  • 18 months back
  • a year and six months ago
  • a year and half ago

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