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Half an hour vs A Half an hour

The correct phrase is 'half an hour.' 'A half an hour' is not commonly used in English. 'Half an hour' is the standard way to express a duration of 30 minutes.

Last updated: March 22, 2024 • 1891 views

Half an hour

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to refer to a duration of 30 minutes.

Examples:

  • I'll be back in half an hour.
  • The meeting will last half an hour.
  • Half an hour each time, like clockwork.
  • Half an hour later, you were wearing a fresh shirt.
  • Half an hour, 45 minutes, tops.
  • Half an hour in the oven with the correct temperature.
  • I was just in their bus for half an hour.
  • Half an hour later would have been perfect.
  • Half an hour later, he was dead.
  • Half an hour later, Her Majesty's en route.
  • Half an hour from now John Hammond's dream, re-imagined, will come true.
  • Half an hour late for work, hitting on the waitress...
  • Half an hour later she arrives at your door...
  • Half an hour later, the limiters had been deactivated.
  • Half an hour to showtime, your ugliness.
  • Half an hour, same place.
  • Half an hour... and then, kablooey.
  • Half an hour later, the ambulance arrived to treat Mrs Niebler.
  • Half an hour later, I emerged into a large open space.
  • Half an hour's overtime and a taxi.
  • Half an hour, no more.
  • Half an hour break, then we'll return for instructions to the jury.

Alternatives:

  • 30 minutes
  • a 30-minute period
  • a half-hour

A Half an hour

This phrase is not commonly used in English.

  • And it's only a half an hour from work.
  • We got a half an hour before the guard circles back.
  • I teach class in a half an hour.
  • I gave them a half an hour to tell me if they knew anything, and every one of them swore that they didn't.
  • You're a half an hour late.
  • I come down on courtesy, you leave me in the box for a half an hour.
  • Water's in a half an hour.
  • Water's in a half an hour.
  • My bus will be leaving in a half an hour.
  • Dinner's in a half an hour.
  • We were notified a half an hour later.
  • We need ten copies in a half an hour.
  • We go live in a half an hour.
  • I have a cranial reconstruction in a half an hour.
  • Blair was inside a church for a half an hour.
  • Took me a half an hour to get here.
  • Your mother will be here in a half an hour.
  • I sang already for a half an hour, girls.
  • I spent a half an hour with her and Duke yesterday.
  • Which means a half an hour late.

Alternatives:

  • half an hour
  • 30 minutes
  • a 30-minute period
  • a half-hour

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