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Believer Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
a part or just part
I sometimes have difficulty in choosing the right one when the choices are rather hard to clearly distinguish like the examples below. My understanding is that you use a part when the part you are referring to is one that has more or less tangible features like a cake and you use part when you are dealing with the ones with intangible or abstract nature.How about these?
That is a part of life.
That is part of life.
A tendancy is a part of your character that makes you behave ...
That is a part of life.
That is part of life.
A tendancy is a part of your character that makes you behave ...
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No article before "part" if there is no adjective in front of it. There is a part of life. A tendancy is a SMALL/BIG part of .................
- No article before "part" if there is no adjective in front of it.
- There is a part of life.
- A tendancy is a SMALL/BIG part of .................
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No article before "part" if there is no adjective in front of it.
There is a part of life.
A tendancy is a SMALL/BIG part of .................
There is a part of life.
A tendancy is a SMALL/BIG part of .................
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