A Pound And A Half

Barman

In the sentences below which 1 is natural?

1) I take bought half a pound of staff of life.

2) I have bought a one-half pound of bread.

Rover_KE

Where I alive, we don't purchase staff of life past weight, so alter 'bread' to 'cheese' and they're both natural — #1 being rather more common, in my feel.

SoothingDave

I agree. Half a pound would be more than likely, but both are possible and natural.

emsr2d2

We rarely apply "a half pound" in BrE.

Rover_KE

... and when nosotros exercise, it'south ordinarily used adjectivally.

Ali Katt bought a one-half pound box of liquorice allsorts and a half pound handbag of jelly babies.

Skrej

Where I live, we don't purchase bread by weight

Ah, only what about pound cake?:optics:

tedmc

... and when we do, information technology's usually used adjectivally.

Ali Katt bought a half pound box of liquorice allsorts and a half pound bag of jelly babies.

As a compound describing word, shouldn't "half-pound" be hyphenated?

emsr2d2

As a compound adjective, shouldn't "half-pound" exist hyphenated?

I would hyphenate information technology.

emsr2d2

Where I live, we don't buy bread by weight

Ah, but what virtually pound cake?:eyes:

For the do good of learners:
one. That's cake, non bread.
2. It got its proper noun because the original recipe called for a pound

each

of flour, butter, sugar and eggs! That would result in a block that weighs a lot more than than a pound!

Tdol

We rarely use "a half pound" in BrE.

But that is not to say that nosotros don't. Maybe it's regional, but it sounds OK to me, and non necessarily adjectivally. #2 sounds OK.

probus

For the do good of learners:
i. That's block, not staff of life.
2. Information technology got its name considering the original recipe chosen for a pound
each
of flour, butter, sugar and eggs! That would issue in a block that weighs a lot more a pound!

If I remember my physics correctly, the law of conservation of mass says that cake would weigh the same as the sum of its ingredients, so not less than four pounds.

jutfrank

If I remember my physics correctly, the law of conservation of mass says that block would weigh the same as the sum of its ingredients, then not less than four pounds.

Call up your thermodynamics! Cooking would result in a significant loss of mass from evaporation.

probus

But the dry ingredients and eggs alone were iv pounds. In that location would also be liquid mass to make the batter. I stand by my approximate of at least 4 pounds.

Tdol

It's nevertheless a hefty cake even with the water loss.

Tarheel

Nowadays they're not even a whole pound.

Rover_KE

Topic migrate.

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A Pound And A Half

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