English grammar questions, answered by Alan
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Hung Tao
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by Hung Tao »
Please tell me which phrase is correct:
1)Half a million dollars
2)A half million dollars
Thanks in advance.
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Alan
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Both. The second (plus hyphen) is the normal form in AmE.