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Cateran Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

'part of' or 'a part of'

Hi,

1. Part of the building was destroyed in the fire.

2. A part of the building was destroyed in the fire.

Which sentence is correct? In addition, is there any difference between 'part of' and 'a part of'?

Cateran

  

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Hello Cateran. I know that sentence 1 is the correct one since part of does not take on the indefinite article a Actually I do not know for sure whether or not it can take on the indefinite article, hence I am not sure whether it is possible to say a part of ??? Anyone knows?

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  • Hello Cateran.
  • I know that sentence 1 is the correct one since part of does not take on the indefinite article a Actually I do not know for sure whether or not it can take on the indefinite article, hence I am not sure whether it is possible to say a part of ???
  • Anyone knows?
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Hello Cateran.

I know that sentence 1 is the correct one since part of does not take on the indefinite article a

Actually I do not know for sure whether or not it can take on the indefinite article, hence I am not sure whether it is possible to say a part of??? Anyone knows?
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I understand it as follows:

"a part of the school": a specific part: the kitchens, the dormitory, the sciences lab...

"part of the school": not all of it, but maybe half of the kitchen, one dormitory floor, etc...
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Hmm, I understand it differently. Normally (very often) the indefinite article A is dropped before part of if there is no adjective.

Part of the roof was missing - Here there is no adjective, hence no article

A large part of the roof was missing - Here there is an adjective, hence the article.
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