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Half a month


Xinfu September 11, 2015 02:24 AM

Half a month
 
Are my sentences all correct?


1. After check-out of his roommate, John will have the whole room to himself, and he hopes to do something important within that half month.
2. After check-out of his roommate, John will have the whole room to himself, and he hopes to do something important within that half a month.
3. After half-time, there was a half minute in which the game became tense. Within that half minute, John almost scored.
4.A fter half-time, there was a half minute in which the game became tense. Within that half a minute, John almost scored.

poli September 11, 2015 07:27 AM

1) After his roommate checks out...withn the next 2 weeks (and sometimes fortnight in UK and Australia--never in the USA). Half month is not wrong but it sounds strange. Half a month sounds worse.

3,4) I would use half minute, or better yet, thirty seconds.

Xinfu September 12, 2015 01:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by poli (Post 156354)
1) After his roommate checks out...withn the next 2 weeks (and sometimes fortnight in UK and Australia--never in the USA). Half month is not wrong but it sounds strange. Half a month sounds worse.

3,4) I would use half minute, or better yet, thirty seconds.

Thank you~


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