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Is "twenty two dollars and a half" correct?
It is the price of somethig.
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I would say 22 (pause) 50.

(Actually I would probably only say: "Twenty bucks")
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Is "twenty two dollars and a half" correct?
It is the price of somethig.
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You would either say "22 dollars and 50 cents," or if you were talking to a native speaker, a simple "twenty-two fifty" would suffice.
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