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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a half seconds" is not correct in written English.
The correct expression should be "half a second" or "a half second."
Example: "The race was so close that the winner finished just half a second ahead of the runner-up."
Alternatives: "half a second" or "0.5 seconds."
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There were two and a half seconds left.
I consider for about two and a half seconds and say yes, overwhelmed by the honour.
"I gave it a lot of deep thought... for about two and a half seconds.
She hands over to Schmitt, ahead of Australia, over two and a half seconds behind.
It took him, oh, six and a half seconds to toss the summons.
The sun even peeked through the pollution for about four and a half seconds.
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He completed two miles, indoors, in eight minutes and nine-and-a-half seconds.
They were three-and-a-half seconds and three-quarters of a length clear at the halfway mark.
Initially, the pep talk appeared to unsettle rather than lift his riders, who fell nearly one-and-a-half seconds behind their hosts in the final.
It will go from 0 to 60 miles per hour in less than four-and-a-half seconds.
He was only two-and-a-half seconds behind winner Casey Stoner and he set the fastest lap of the race.
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