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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a half months" is not correct in written English.
It should be used as "half a month" when referring to a duration of time that is half of a month.
Example: "The project will take half a month to complete."
Alternatives: "two weeks" or "15 days."
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Fast-forward seven and a half months.
For two and a half months.
That's two and a half months' worth in four weeks.
For two and a half months, it basically disappeared.
I'm about two and a half months pregnant.
He served eight and a half months in jail.
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"We sold a house in five-and-a-half months.
It took only two-and-a-half months," wrote Medvedev.
She was eight-and-a-half months pregnant.
And that lag is on average four-and-a-half months.
My first mission was six-and-a-half months.
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