Oct 7, 2022 · "Scored 2 goals in the second half of his last game" or "Scored 2 goals on the second half of his last game" or "Scored 2 goals during the second half of his last game".

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For quantifications ending on a something, we have half a something, a quarter of a something because it is still relative to 1 (or a) The same is the case for time, weight, money and other quantifications. 1 second/kilo/dollar; half a second/kilo/dollar; a third of a second/kilo/dollar

Oct 5, 2022 · If I want to tell that during football game there was 5 minutes of additionls time in first half and sam in second half which of the following sentences would be correct and why? "5 minutes of additional time in each half" or "5 minutes of additional time in every half"

Stretching a point, if you'd seen the first half of the movie one night, then the second half sometime later, all the way through would work much better than [all the way [through]] to the end. But that's a contrived/unlikely context.

Second, many people consider "Second," as a more correct or formal method to introduce the second point, but many people use "Secondly,". The phrase "Second of all," is logically incorrect: it would literally be the "second to all but the first", and in that regard, many consider it an egregious mistake. But it can be used for emphasis:

Apr 3, 2015 · Over half of domestic flights were delayed because of bad weather condition. First, Is there any difference b/w the use of "half of" and "half of the"? Second, does it affect the use of singular/plural if we use "half of domestic flights" instead of "half of the domestic flights"?

Dec 20, 2014 · In British English - in my experience, at least - academic years tend to be divided into three terms, where a term is the chunk of time that school is in session and students are there, and two semesters, where a semester is half of the academic year, comprising a complete programme of work, after which time the course is complete and students are examined.

Jun 7, 2018 · Finally just to add that although I have accepted your two possible sentences where you refer to "the half pound of potatoes", you would only use the definite article if you were referring to a specific half-pound; for example if in your recipe there were two different measures of potatoes used at different points you would say "the half-pound ...

Sep 2, 2020 · What did you mean exactly when you said the second half of the sentence is an afterthought? What makes a sentence or part of a sentence an afterthought? From my understanding, afterthought means "Something done or said that was not thought of originally".