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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a half a pound" is not correct in standard written English; it should be "half a pound." You can use it when referring to a weight measurement, typically in cooking or when discussing quantities of food.
Example: "I need half a pound of flour for this recipe."
Alternatives: "one half pound" or "0.5 pounds."
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"Less than a half a pound a pot," Mr. Karlin said.
If you get a half a pound of fleece from a goat, that is a lot.
They weigh only a half a pound and can only be used for a few games before they wear out.
To complicate things, the documentation was shoddy at best, requiring several calls to the company, a pound of educated and inferred guesswork, and a half a pound of luck.
Humankind's common ancestor with other mammals may have been a roughly rat-size animal that weighed no more than a half a pound, had a long furry tail and lived on insects.
Alex Jeffrey, the president of the chapter, says he and volunteers rolled a half a pound worth of marijuana joints and handed them out to anyone who wanted one during the march.
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