half an hour vs a half hour - which is correct, Please

[Imad Hassanein]

half an hour vs a half hour - which is correct, Please

 

[Rover_KE]

Welcome to the forums.

As an English teacher, you should be using correct capitalisation and punctuation.

Please rewrite your question, including at least a full sentence containing the phrases you are asking about.

Rover

 

[Raymott]

half an hour vs a half hour - which is correct, Please

In most contexts they are both correct and they mean the same.

PS: Oops, crossed posts.

 

[Imad Hassanein]

In most contexts they are both correct and they mean the same.

PS: Oops, crossed posts.

Many thanks for your prompt help - very useful indeed and please accept apologies for not paying enough attention to punctuation - I did it in a rather casual (mobile) fashion.

 

[Imad Hassanein]

Rephrasing my question. Please tell which phrase is correct: "half an hour" or "a half hour". I would also like to know about the level of formality i.e which one is more formal to use.

 

[Mir Ayaz]

Half an hour

Half an hour

 

[Rover_KE]

Re: Half an hour

Half an hour.

Welcome to the forums, Mir Ayaz.

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