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five and a half years No hyphens. Hyphens are for adjective phrases: It was a five-and-a-half-year journey. You also don't use the hyphen with the fraction. 51⁄2 years
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#4: Attribution notice removed
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2019-12-13T12:00:15Z (about 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added
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2019-12-08T02:46:16Z (about 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
> five and a half years No hyphens. Hyphens are for adjective phrases: > It was a five-and-a-half-year journey. You also don't use the hyphen with the fraction. > 5<sup>1</sup>⁄<sub>2</sub> years
#1: Imported from external source
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2013-03-14T19:52:53Z (almost 12 years ago)
Original score: 9