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	Pchuang  #283241  Thu, 19 Oct 06 10:22 PM how do you express 50% of something. say, 50% of one apple. "a half apple"? "half of one apple"? "a half piece of one apple"? "one half piece of an apple"? "one half piece of one apple"?    Pchuang Joined on Sat, Nov 5 2005 Full Member (198)

	Annvan  #283242  Thu, 19 Oct 06 10:24 PM "half an apple"    Annvan Joined on Mon, Sep 4 2006 The Philippines Regular Member (600)

	J Lewis  #283426  Fri, 20 Oct 06 09:36 AM Agreed, but what about the plural? If you cut two apples in  half you have four half-apples.    J Lewis Joined on Tue, Sep 5 2006 Italy Regular Member (518)
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	Annvan  #283445  Fri, 20 Oct 06 10:57 AM I think I'd say "four halves of an apple" (even though there are actually 2 apples).    Annvan

	nona the brit  #283449  Fri, 20 Oct 06 11:16 AM I'd say 4 apple-halves.    nona the brit Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004 England Veteran Member (11,353) The name says it all.

	Annvan  #283454  Fri, 20 Oct 06 11:34 AM Even better! :-)    Annvan

	J Lewis  #283517  Fri, 20 Oct 06 02:10 PM Variety is the spice of life!    J Lewis

	Anonymous  #283622  Fri, 20 Oct 06 08:11 PM half an apple half of an apple    Anonymous

	Anonymous  #286110  Fri, 27 Oct 06 03:40 AM Which is correct?  Thank you.    Anonymous