"1/2 cup of water" or "1/2 cup water?"?

Question

which phrase is right?

Or are both the same?

I get confused about it at times

Answer 1

Both are the same statement.

Answer 2

They both mean the same.. but I would go with 1/2 cup of water.

Answer 3

Really, they are pretty much the same. I guess it depends on where it is used. If you were telling someone, you might say, "I used a 1/2 cup of water". But if you wrote it on a recipe, you would just put "1/2 cup water" - all the other things on a recipe are that way too. It doesn't say 1 cup OF flour, it just says 1 cup flour -- or whatever.

Anyhow, I think they are both right, but depends on whether you are speaking or writing.

Answer 4

1/2 C water

Answer 5

The recipe books say 1/2 cup water, but when you actually say it, it makes more since when you say 1/2 cup of water, but they are both the exact same.

Answer 6

I interpret them the same but often times when looking at a recipe it says 1/2 cup water.

Answer 7

1/2 cup of water.

Answer 8

1/2 cup of water is what i say.

Answer 9

There is no such thing as cup water so you can't have any measurement of it so 1/2 cup of water is the correct term.

Answer 10

1/2 cup of water because the "of" is proper english adjective stating that the cup is of water.

Answer 11

Wow are we that bored? Lol...ok I'll say, "1/2 cup of water". I could be wrong...but that's what I usually say if/when I say it.