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> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Jon Brock
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> Yes, I would say it is. A dozen eggs, a dozen doughnuts, etc.
But those entities usually come in a single container, with no explicit
"connection" between the term "dozen" and the quantity 12.
Consider a box containing a dozen pencils. You want only a half-dozen?
OK, which way should I cut the box in half: Lengthwise, widthwise or
heightwise? Note that one of those "wises" will give you a dozen
half-pencils instead of a half-dozen pencils. :-)
Then remember that the original poster wrote "half a dozen" instead of
"a half-dozen"....
-jc-
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