Why do we say "half an hour"? Is it grammatically correct? It can be 'half hour' or 'half a hour'.
It is always half of an hour. (we say ‘an hour’ because the ‘h’ in hour is silent, so the word begins with a vowel sound).It is possible to drop the ‘of’: ‘half an hour’.But a ‘half hour’ is a different thing. A ‘half hour’ suggests a set period for some given task - ‘it takes a half hour to cook a steak’. But most people continue to use ‘half an hour’ because it is more common - and clearer.Summarizing:half an hour is correct.a half hour is sometimes usedhalf ‘a’ hour is never correct.
What is another way to say half an hour?
30 minutes
How much is time and a half?
Half of 8 is 4---so add an extra 4 hours of your full rate. (I wasn't sure if you meant $13 is your usual rate or if $13 was the time and a half rate....IF $13 is your usual rate, and you worked 8 extra hours, you would get paid 8 hours X $6.50 (half of $13) (or, as I first said 4 hours (half of actual time) x $13. Either way, the answer is an extra 52 (edited for clarity--"EXTRA" 52. Of course, you still get your base of 8 X $13 = 104 (plus the extra 52 = 156) I guess the easiest way to say it would have been that you add half of your usual rate to your usual rate (13 PLUS 6.50 = 19.50/hour) 19.50 X 8 = 156
Wat is 128 mins in a hour?
There are not 128 minuter in a hour. There are 60 minutes per hour. The total minutes of 128 minutes equals 2 hours and 8 minutes.
What does it mean when someone says "half past a monkeys ***?"?
It's just a joke. When we tell time and it's on the half-hour, we say that it's "half-past" whatever hour it is. So, when you ask some smart-*** what time it is and he replies something like "Half past a monkey's *** and quarter to his balls," he's just trying to be funny. It's kind of like when someone asks you what time it is, but you aren't wearing a watch, you look at your wrist anyway and say, "It's just a hair past a freckle".