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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 • 2205 views

half minute

This is not a correct construction in English.

The correct form is 'half a minute.'

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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.'

Show examples from the web [+]

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.

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half a minute

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