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.

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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.

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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.

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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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