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Persian Learner Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Making mistakes is (a) part of learning

Hi.

Why don't we say a part of learning?

In which structures should we use a part of?

I think it all depends on the object of the preposition 'of'-here learning, but I'm not sure!
  

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Persian Learner Why don't we say a part of learning? We do (or we can). "a part of" and "part of" are near enough interchangeable in many situations.

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  • Persian Learner Why don't we say a part of learning?
  • We do (or we can).
  • "a part of" and "part of" are near enough interchangeable in many situations.
  • There may be some contexts (such as perhaps at the beginning of a sentence) where "a" seems a bit redundant.
  • There may be an argument that "a part of" is for discrete components, while "part of" is for more integrated properties, but such a distinction is not borne out in a clear cut way in actual usage, as far as I can see.
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Persian LearnerWhy don't we say a part of learning?
We do (or we can).

"a part of" and "part of" are near enough interchangeable in many situations. There may be some contexts (such as perhaps at the beginning of a sentence) where "a" seems a bit redundant. There may be an argument that "a part of" is for discrete components, while "part of" is for mo
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Neck Deep have these lines in one of their favorite songs, though I wouldn't rely on them as grammar experts Emotion: smile:
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Paul Evdokimovhave a part of me."
But that's "have". The "a" is more likely to be dropped after "be".

It's part of the job.

See the Google N-gram below.

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