A half hour

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Vincent Teo

#542435 Wed, 16 Jul 08 04:14 PM

Can I say,

A half hour later, the police reached the accident scene.

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Avangi

#542440 Wed, 16 Jul 08 04:19 PM

This is fine.

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Cool Breeze

#542441 Wed, 16 Jul 08 04:21 PM

Yes. Many would prefer a hyphen: a half-hour, probably because the indefinite article is normally after half: half an hour.

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