【问】 a half minute与half a minute哪个说法是正确的?

【答】 两个说法都是正确的，例如：

1. I bought a half-dozen eggs. (RWRT)

我买了半打鸡蛋。

2. a half pound，a half hour，a half smile(LDCE)

半磅，半小时，半笑

3. a half chicken(EED)

半只鸡

4. The picture wouldn’t end for another half hour. (EED)

电影再过半小时也不会结束。

5. Half an hour later they assembled in Aunt Em’s drawing-room. (Galsworthy)

半小时后他们集聚在埃姆大婶的客厅里。

6. Their little place was only half a mile or so from the house. (Hudson)

他们的小地方，离这栋房大约只有半英里。

7. The dog eats half a pound of meat every day. (FWF)

这条狗每天吃半磅肉。

8. Albert wanted two dollars for shovelling snow from the sidewalk，but the lady wouldonly give him a dollar. And he said that half a loaf is better than none. (DAI)

阿尔伯特要两美元作为清理人行道积雪的工钱，但那妇人只肯付一美元。阿尔伯特说给点儿总比不给强。

9. We need six eggs and half a kilo of butter.(LEG)

我们需要六个鸡蛋和半公斤黄油。

LDCE曾经指出，有些作家，特别是美国作家认为a half mile比half a mile更正式，而且更正确。然而，就我们收集的例句来看，a half+名词，没有half a+名词用得普遍。