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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a half a cup" is not correct in standard written English; it should be "half a cup." You can use it when measuring ingredients in cooking or baking.
Example: "For the recipe, you will need half a cup of sugar."
Alternatives: "one half cup" or "0.5 cup."
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I don't drink coffee; I think I've had a half a cup in my life.
"Four eggs, one sausage, an apple, a half a cup of granola and one bar of Weetabix".
In addition, the meal would have to contain a half a cup of fruit or vegetables or one serving of whole-grain products.
I gave them about a half a cup of chocolate chips to put in the pie to make it more decadent.
"The concept of how much is a half a cup is way past what I want to figure out," she said.
But if you looked at what it means to put a half a cup of butter in a dish, you would just look and say, "I'm going to use less".
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Possibly something like a half a cracker and a quarter cup of water a day.
Please note the definition of a serving: half a cup of cut-up or cooked vegetables, one cup of fresh greens, half a cup of cooked dried beans, or, if you must, six ounces of vegetable juice.
The New Yorker, March 17 , 1951P. 22 Southern Intelligence: A Lake Charles, Louisiana, restaurant is offering half a cup of coffee for a nickel.
In standard bar measurements in the United States, a wineglass is four ounces, or half a cup.
Add a handful -- about half a cup is right -- of bonito flakes and turn off the heat.
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