In early period, there were no half-measures: usage was either right or wrong, and it was the task of the grammarian not simply to record alternatives, but to pronounce judgement upon them.

Now that I think about it, there's always something wrong with my photos as it is—half smiles,closed eyes, messy hair.

Both deals, in their respective decades, illustrate a great paradox of the Internet in that the premise underlying them is precisely half right and half wrong.