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4 February
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Could you teach me the meaning of “one half of” in the sentence below?
Mr. Purdy dropped one half of the paper to pet Sir Puss, who rested his chin on his master’s knee and closed his eyes with a look of self-satisfaction on his tiger face.
Could you teach me the meaning of “one half of” in the sentence below?
Mr. Purdy dropped one half of the paper to pet Sir Puss, who rested his chin on his master’s knee and closed his eyes with a look of self-satisfaction on his tiger face.
Mr. Purdy dropped one half of the paper to pet Sir Puss, who rested his chin on his master’s knee and closed his eyes with a look of self-satisfaction on his tiger face.
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@meronpanna Mr. Purdy is probably holding a newspaper with both hands, so he let go of one page (one half of the newspaper)
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@meronpanna Mr. Purdy is probably holding a newspaper with both hands, so he let go of one page (one half of the newspaper)
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@Michael_Glynn Thank you! Is that equal to ‘Mr. Purdy dropped “a” half of the paper to pet Sir Puss’?
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