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You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Half of a billion or Half-of-a-billion?
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  • Start date Start date Apr 12, 2011
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Andyking

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San Francisco English What would be the most formal way of writing this in an academic textbook? Half of a billion or Half-of-a-billion? G

ghotioutofh2o

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USA American English I'd use 500 million. Otherwise, if you're set on using billion, while not very formal I don't think, I'd use "half a billion" or "a half billion." More context is needed to decide which. A

Andyking

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San Francisco English We get students to write the words in their standard form: Thirty-five thousand, eight hundred twenty-five which is: 35,825 Similarly Half-of-a-million which is 500,000. We were not sure if we should have hyphens in between those words. JamesM

JamesM

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Los Angeles, California English, USA As ghotioutofh2o said, you shouldn't have "of". It is "Half a million" or "a half million", with no hyphens. I would be more likely to write "five hundred thousand". "Half a million" is really an interpretation of 500,000, not actually the representation of the number in front of you in words. sandpiperlily

sandpiperlily

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Southern US (raised in Midwest) English -- USA Generally, I was taught to spell out the numbers one through ten, and just use numerals for any number higher than 11. So 500,000,000 or 500 million would be half a billion. A

Andyking

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San Francisco English mmm another academician here states that using the words without 'of' (half a billion instead of half of a billion) makes it a slang. Is that so? So now I have two questions: 1) should we use a hyphen 2) should we use the 'of' JamesM

JamesM

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Los Angeles, California English, USA No, it is not slang. No, you shouldn't use hyphens. No, you shouldn't use "of". :^) A

Andyking

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San Francisco English Awesome James! I will take your word for it! :-) Thanks You must log in or register to reply here. Share: Bluesky LinkedIn WhatsApp Email Share Link
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