Emil Mahmut (asker) Jan 14, 2016:

@phil: you are absolutely right, it is bad English and, on top of it, I have no other context. It's a list of rooms on a travel website. I am so sorry about the lack of context, but there's nothing about it. Many thanks to everyone!

B D Finch Jan 14, 2016:

Context I disagree with those who think this is sufficient context. There is another possibility that cannot be ruled out, given the fact that the Asker has supplied no useful context. It could be e.g. 40 rooms half of which have an ocean view and half of which do not.

Alison MacG Jan 13, 2016:

I agree that more context would indeed be helpful as individual hotels can use these terms to mean pretty much whatever they want. When researching this term, for example, you will come across a South Korean hotel that offers both “half ocean view” and “partial ocean view”, suggesting, in that case at least, some sort of difference. It could be that a “half ocean view” is available from rooms on lower floors, where the bottom half of the view from the window consists of the grounds, garden, bay, city, etc., with the ocean forming only the top half of the view (see photo here, for example: as well as a half-garden-half-ocean view veranda http://vivasalvatore.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/im-yours-mulia.h...
Rooms on higher floors are then the ones marketed as “ocean view”, e.g. “Depending on affordability the higher sea view rooms have wonderful views, the half sea view rooms are just that” http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowUserReviews-g189112-d119194...

philgoddard Jan 13, 2016:

I think we have more than enough context. "Superior twin room, half ocean view". It's just bad English.

Yvonne Gallagher Jan 13, 2016:

with Brigitte. Provide the sentence at least. Probably a corner room so only see part of ocean from window

BrigitteHilgner Jan 13, 2016:

just guessing (if you want a sensible answer, you should provide more context):
one twin has an ocean view, the other twin hasn't (i.e. view from one window, not from the other one).