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Discover LudwigThe phrase "the good half" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a portion of something that is considered positive or beneficial, often in a comparative context. Example: "In our discussion about the project, I believe we should focus on the good half of the feedback we received."
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But it's the good half.
We seem to be able to eat the good half of the apple and throw the mushy part away.
Northern Rock plc is the "good" half of the bank, including its branch network, funded by retail deposits.
"It's people like you and me," she said, "and we're in the good half of the membership".
The good half of the news is that a tendency for flights of fancy does not automatically make one a starry-eyed, tragicomic figure like Walter Mitty.
And the "good" half -- with its scant electricity, no phones, no mail, a 10 p.m. curfew and only a bare minimum of food -- looks like a caravan ghost town.
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Michael Berresse, a journeyman Broadway hoofer when I caught him in the show, was the best Billy Flynn of the good half-dozen I saw over the years.
The underlying aim is to encourage those who have never sampled the stuff (a good half of the population, according to the English Wine Producers association) to give English wine a go.
YouNoodle collects a lot of data on startups to make the prediction – the questionnaire takes a good half hour to properly complete.
What he doesn't seem very concerned about is the fact that the 2010 increase is a good half a million shy of the rise in the summer of 2006.
Well, the 8100 is a good half year older than the 8300 – chances are, more 8100s are reaching retirement.
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