Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Half"

A: at 2:30 pm/am

A: Depends on context. If the hour was mentioned before or you both know the designated hour she's supposed to leave. It can also be implied to be the current hour.

Either way, just ask the speaker to clarify the hour so there's no misunderstanding.

A: It means that it will take 12 hours to travel to that city.

A: Australian English is kinda weird, especially the slang. That might just be the reason for it. It's definitely non-standard though, so don't adopt it in regular speech.

In most of the English-speaking world (except the US), we also use the metric system, though in casual speech we would probably just approximate to the nearest whole number, or else use 1 decimal place max.

Canada's a little weird with its measurements though: we measure distance in metric, but height and weight in imperial. It's also standard to do woodwork measurements in imperial, you would never ask someone for a 7.64 cm x 10.16 cm piece of lumber, people would look at you strangely if you did that.

A: It means that someone doesn't know all of the facts regarding a bad situation. There are several things that they may not be aware of.

A: Statement 2 and statement 4 are correct and commonly used to indicate the time 9:30.

Statement 1 and statement 3 are not commonly used and may cause confusion.

It is more common to use "half past" to indicate the time that is 30 minutes past the hour, as in statement 2 and statement 4.

The use of "half to" to indicate the time that is 30 minutes before the next hour, as in statement 1 and statement 3, is less common and may not be widely understood.

Regarding the use of "a" before "half," it's not necessary but it is often used in spoken English. For example, "It's half past nine" and "It's a half past nine" are both correct, but the former is more commonly used.

A: "The second half of Alex's name, consists of 'E' and 'X.'"
"He spent the second half of the day, working on his assignment."
"The second half of the episode was confusing."

A: I already read the first part of the book. (一番目の部分読みました）
I already read the first half of the book. (半分読みました）
"first half part"は不自然だと思います。

A: Should we take the bridge or the tunnel? Which would be faster?
I guess it's six of one, a half dozen of the other. (They would both take about the same amount of time.)

A: They are both understood to be the same thing in spoken English. Written, I would say "You are half an hour late" not "you are a half hour late. ..."

A: Both are grammatically incorrect. "I am halfway done with the manga comics."

A: The first one sounds like you have been inside one place (like a room) for about one and a half year - which does not seem right.

I would make a correction to the second one like so: I lived there for about one and a half year - which means you lived there for that long but you do not live there anymore

A: They both have the same meaning. "I haven't looked at myself in like half an hour" means you haven't looked at yourself in about half an hour. "I haven't looked at myself for half an hour" means exactly an hour. Essentially they mean the same thing.

A: "Every half-hour" should mean that something occurs once, every hour at X.30 (X being the hour). "Every half hour" would then instead mean that something occurs twice an hour, with half an hour in between each event.

These aren't necessarily written differently even if they mean different things but it might be a bit easier to keep them apart if you use "Every half an hour" when you're talking about the latter case, something happening twice an hour with half an hour between events.

Hope this helps!

A: "I’m going to take half the day off tomorrow cuz I have some paid time off that I have to use by the end of September."

If this is casual conversation, using "gonna" instead of "going to" is common - "I'm gonna take half the day off (...)".
Also - if this is happening this September, using "this month" ("end of this month") is more common and natural to say.

Nothing was grammatically incorrect; these are all just changes in sounding more natural 😊

A: The first part should be reworded, "If you spent like half the time you have spent playing games" but the second part is perfect. This statement sounds very familiar, actually.

A: I'd need the context :)
Down to* the bottom could also work.
but in Australia that could be slang or an expression I'm not aware of

A: Both are correct. However, "Half an hour" is most common in the US.

A: That sounds very natural! Maybe emphasize the “e” in “ at least”, but it sounds perfect! (:

A: Yes. It means that more than half of your body is made up of water! 70-75%! I forgot the exact statistic

A: 1と3は前置詞抜きでも大丈夫だと思います。2なら必要なんです。なぜならただ"I bought it"とか"I parked"と言っても意味が通じますけど, ただ"I lived"と言ったら意味が全く違うんです。

I lived = 生きた
I lived in... = に住んだ

"I have the ability to do this"と同じ文法だと思います。普通に"I have the ability to do this with"とよく言わない。

どうでしょうか?

A: It would be correct saying "It was nice to see each team's players hug and applaud each other" OR "It was nice to see each team's players hugging and applauding each other", though the first sounds slightly more natural.

When you use the phrase "It was nice to see...", you should use the present tense although I see your confusion.

Hope this helps :)

A: × Whenever I attend my friend’s wedding these days It reminds me of mine.
✓ Whenever I attend a friend’s wedding It reminds me of mine.

× I couldn’t fall asleep the day before being nervous.
✓ I was too nervous to fall asleep the night before.

× I ended up sleeping only for 3 hours.
✓ I ended up sleeping for only 3 hours.

× Even though I was lack of sleep I felt so excited at my wedding.
✓ Even though I was tired I felt so excited at my wedding.

× It felt like everyone was focusing on me so I really enjoyed the attention people gave to me.
✓ It felt like everyone was focused on me so I really enjoyed the attention.

× One of my husband’s friends hosted the ceremony gently without making any mistakes and my husband sang to celebrate.
✓ One of my husband’s friends hosted the ceremony without making any mistakes and my husband celebrated by singing.

A: "zero point five" or just "point five."