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I think your second sentence needed a verb. This would be a case where half-assing it did not.

I think I understand op, there was an 'and' missing that seems obvious? Was it edited? Yours I do not understand.

> This would be a case where half-assing it did not.

Did not what? Did that woosh over my head?

Op edited. Originally read

> Knowing when half-assing something can be a skill in of itself.

Wrong tense. Chalking it up on English being my third language :)