The quoted items should be put in between inverted commas.Hello.
In writing fractions, Do "a quarter" and "one quarter" mean the same? Yes
Do "a half" and "one half" mean the same? Yes, but it depends on the sentence.
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InWhen writing fractions, which onecanshould I use - "a half" or "one half"?
These 'X and one-half' patterns sound like the kind of sentences we hear from little kids still learning the language. I've noticed that when kids only have a few years under their belt (or diaper as it were), they seem very adamant that you acknowledge that extra half-year, and they are in fact two and one HALF years old, not two!My son is three-and-one-half years old. Grammatically correct but so unnatural that no native speaker would use it.
Cut a piece of wood eleven-and-one-half inches long. Grammatically correct but too unnatural for a native speaker to use.