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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

Fragment of the story...

I wish to stress that text that folllows the colon is a piece of the a bigger text, How can I say it correctly?

Fragment of the story: "........."

Piece of the story: "......."

Extract of the story: "....."

or................................................?

Neither of these sound like good English to me. Do you have any other suggestions,please?

Thank you!
  

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A common way to say it is eg The following is part of the story. " . .

— Clive

  • A common way to say it is eg The following is part of the story.
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  • " Much depends on how long the part is, and on whether it is reasonably coherent.
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A common way to say it is eg The following is part of the story. " . . . . . . "

Much depends on how long the part is, and on whether it is reasonably coherent.

Clive
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