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The phrase "a ton and a half of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a specific weight measurement, often in informal contexts or when emphasizing a large quantity.
Example: "The truck was loaded with a ton and a half of gravel for the construction site."
Alternatives: "one and a half tons of" or "a ton and a half worth of".
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One deer can consume a ton and a half of greenery a year.
It had been overloaded with a ton and a half of extra kit.
Instead, pile the lobster in a giant heap on a big platter with plenty of sauce and a ton and a half of buttered toast.
We thought, Let's put in a ton and a half of stone and see them try and take that away in the back of a Ford Fiesta".
Talk storyabout the Pan American Clipper that grounded on a reef off West Africa and was repaired with, a ton and a half of concrete.
The farm itself comprises around 2,000 acres, but the herb farm under cultivation is only three and a half acres, and the production about a ton and a half of herbs.
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In AD408, when the Visigoths laid siege to Rome, the marauding hordes were persuaded to leave by mountains of gold, silver, silken tunics and richly painted hides — plus a ton-and-a-half of peppercorns.
I kept making Fred drive and Fred kept making me drive because neither of us could keep a ton-and-a-half of Chevy chasing nimble Porsches and, at the same time, drink in the glories of nature (and the Selad Valley Volunteer Fire Department's darn good cup of coffee).
Like Ford's other Super Duty trucks, the Platinum F-Series will be offered at three-quarter-ton, one-ton and one-and-a-half-ton load ratings, although the true load capacities of the trucks far exceed those numbers.
Almost all its wheeled vehicles were of a few standardized types (Jeep, three-quarter-ton truck, two-and-a-half-ton truck, five-ton truck), which simplified the parts supply.
Sixteen and a half of the acres are irrigated and produce 45 tons of hay annually.
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