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by Prunesquallor on December 18th, 2009
I would say 'no'. You hyphenate compound adjectives - 'half-ripened fruit',
'half-baked idea'. But in the phrase 'I was half listening', the word 'half' is the descriptive word. The only time you would hyphenate, IMO, is in a phrase like 'the half-listening man' or 'the half-turning figure'.
by anguilla on December 17th, 2009
Those of us at my house say yes, they would be hyphenated: half-turning, half-listening.
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You're reading If the word half is used with an action verb like listening or turning is the whole word hyphenated? Like half turning or half listening?
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