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Poll: The magician sawed his assistant...

The magician sawed his assistant...

in half
in halves
Either

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This Poll:

  • Votes: 440
  • Comments: 2
  • Added: December 2004

Comments:

MrTrilby

"In half" implies that there are two pieces, making "halves" redundant.

Vidableek

Saying "in halves" would work if you were splitting two different objects at one time. i.e. They split the pizzas each into halves.

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