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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a half a dozen" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a quantity of six items, often in a casual or conversational context.
Example: "I bought a half a dozen eggs for the recipe."
Alternatives: "six" or "half dozen".
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I must write a half a dozen a day.
I hope You have recieved all my letters I wrote about a half a dozen.
In addition to a half a dozen bad serves, MIT was plagued by miscommunications.
Mr Whittamore was one among perhaps a half a dozen investigators then employed by national newspapers.
"If we have a half a dozen, it'll be a good crowd".
Or a half a dozen other places around the country, so far.
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"Man, Obama's coming," Mr. Gall said as he stood with a half-a-dozen classmates on the corner of Albany Avenue and Bergen Street outside the school.
You don't need 100; you need a half-a-dozen.
The two datasets include the same states as MIPEX as well as a half-a-dozen non-EU European states (Iceland, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia).
The All Blacks could lose a half-a-dozen games straight, and people would still revere them.
"Now there's a good half a dozen restaurants".
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