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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a half true" is not correct in standard English; it should be "half true." You can use it to describe a statement or claim that is partially accurate but not entirely so.
Example: "His explanation was half true, as it omitted several important details."
Alternatives: "partially true" or "somewhat accurate."
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I don't think it was probably the best idea to do a half true life story because to this day people get a little confused about that.
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(This got him a "half-true" at PolitiFact).
This may be no more than a story — a half-true story — but I felt that I was part of an audience like that on Saturday night, at a screening of "The Godfather".
Most of the time, a half-true story passes for our national narrative.
The attack resembles the Trump administration's defense of its proposal to build a border wall, a claim Politifact rated "half true".
The attack resembles the Trump administration's defense of its proposal to build a border wall, a claim Politifact rated "half true". Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y). and then-Sens.
To say that John Haydon does his Facebook Live broadcasts with nothing but an iPhone and a tripod is only half true.
A long time ago, Clive James nailed Heaney with "Seamus Famous", but that's a gag, at best half true, spun off Heaney's brilliant self-presentation.
It's a half-truth, it's half true.
Donahue says Bowie plays a Jesus figure, which is half true and half not -- Bowie actually appears to just be the hired entertainment for the evening.
If it's half true it will produce a reaction.
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