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half minute vs half minutes

Both 'half minute' and 'half minutes' are incorrect. The correct form is 'half a minute.'

Last updated: March 31, 2024 • 2165 views

half minute

This is not a correct construction in English.

The correct form is 'half a minute.'
  • That was a fun half minute.
  • Less than a half minute remaining in the first period.
  • Next time, I will give you an extra half minute!
  • Every half minute, their little brain forgets what the last half minute of their life was like.
  • If you stab it deeply, not more than half minute...
  • I think that this does, nevertheless, merit one and a half minute's explanation.
  • Just like the other ones - All less than half minute of angle.
  • DR: John Kamen - who's here, actually - put together a two and a half minute piece that shows the platform in use.
  • Two three and a half minute eggs and petits fours.
  • Mr President, I will keep this very brief in my one and a half minute's speaking time.
  • As we near the half minute mark, I'll limit my usual, drawn-out anatomy lesson.

Alternatives:

  • half a minute

half minutes

This is not a correct construction in English.

The correct form is 'half a minute.'
  • I will try to do so even though I only have one and a half minutes.
  • Round two starts in three and a half minutes.
  • Got about two and a half minutes.
  • It lasted four and a half minutes.
  • The wagon takes five and a half minutes to cross Stony Flats.
  • Speaking for two and a half minutes is not actually acceptable.
  • Four and a half minutes after her heart stopped.
  • We anticipate a scan in about four and a half minutes.
  • Your train departs in four and a half minutes.
  • Just accidentally strangled her for four and a half minutes.
  • Two and a half minutes before we hit the drop site.
  • Now you have two and a half minutes.
  • Got about two and a half minutes.
  • But I still have six and a half minutes.
  • Two and a half minutes from now.
  • You've still got three and a half minutes.
  • Protocol is six and a half minutes.
  • You did it with three and a half minutes to spare.
  • We can be there in about seven and a half minutes.
  • Alarm was reactivated four and a half minutes later.

Alternatives:

  • half a minute

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