In the Russian language, you can find many words beginning withhalf-, but they are spelled differently: some - with a hyphen, the second - together, and the third - separately. In order to determine how to writehalf a year, you need to remember a simple rule.
Written with a hyphen
Gender-should be written with words separated by a hyphen in 3 cases:
| Rule | Example |
| If the word afterhalf-starts with a vowel | Petya slept for half a lesson. |
| If the word afterhalf-starts with the letter "l" | Anya was late for half a lecture. |
| If the word afterhalf-is a proper name and, accordingly, starts with an uppercase letter | We drove around half of Moscow. |
Nouns and ordinal numbers afterhalf-are usually in the genitive case.
For example,half-eleven,half-legend.
Written together
In other caseshalf-must be written together with words.
For example,Vasya has not been in this part of the city for half a year. Masha went to bed at half past five.
The rule about how to spell the wordhalf a yearis as follows:half-must be written together with all common nouns and ordinal numbers that begin with a consonant, except for "l". Most often they are in the genitive case.
In addition, all words starting with half- and adverbs starting withhalf-should be written together.
For example,Misha goes to the section for about six months. Anya sang in an undertone.
Written separately
If another word is added betweenhalf-and the word, then the combination must be written separately.
For example,half of last year.
The word "past" turnshalf a yearintohalf a year.
You can look at the table and compare spelling options.
| Written with a hyphen and together | Written separately |
| I missed half a lesson. | I skipped half of the last lesson. |
| I ate half a lemon. | I ate half an unripe lemon. |
| I drove around half of Paris. | I drove around the floor of Paris at night. |
| I missed six months. | I missed half of the school year. |
It is not difficult to remember how the words withhalf-are spelled: the rule is long, but simple.
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