Sunday, October 16, 2016

grammatical number - Is it One and half year or One and half years when used for work experience





While writing a resume , I have come across this question while specifying work experience.




Total Experience of One and Half Years





or




Total Experience of One and Half Year




This may seem duplicate question , but I have read Which is it: "1½ years old" or "1½ year old"? but it was inconclusive when it came to time span referred for any activity.


Answer



The most idiomatic way to express this with "experience" would be:





One and a half years' experience.




or, possibly




A year and a half of experience.





Some people may well say "a year and a halfs' experience" but in writing it might cause as much debate as what we are having now and that isn't what you want people looking at your resume to do.


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