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Originally posted by Skeks in the city
No you're not; some dictionaries list "half blood" as an open compound.
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They might (but I would say they're wrong); furthermore, in this case, it is not optional, as it would redress inherent ambiguity. Is it Half of a Blood-Prince (like a vampire or something) or a Prince of Half-Blood (I figure it's this -- as that's a major theme in the stories -- but there's a lot of speculation about Snape's being a vampire -- so who knows)? Perhaps she meant to leave it ambiguous. I'm going with that, as JKR is one of my heros! (Heroines, I suppose.)
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