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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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part of or a part of

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00Sometimes I get confused as to which one to use for some sentences. Does anyone can show me some guidelines or rules to apply to discern with minimal effort for 01u00the02u00 most of those sentences00 I having troubles with. 02br
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" 02br 02br 00 It would be correct to say either "I did a part of the work," or "I did part of the work," although personally I would probably use the second one. 02br 02br 00 If you really want to get into the subtleties of usage and slight differences in meaning I have a link to a forum discussing the topic:02br 02br 05002br 02br 00 Also, you would not need "the" in front of most in that context. t=223272

  • " 02br 02br 00 It would be correct to say either "I did a part of the work," or "I did part of the work," although personally I would probably use the second one.
  • 02br 02br 00 If you really want to get into the subtleties of usage and slight differences in meaning I have a link to a forum discussing the topic:02br 02br 05002br 02br 00 Also, you would not need "the" in front of most in that context.
  • t=223272
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0 The two phrases are basically interchangeable with "a part of" sounding a bit more formal and not quite as natural to me as "part of." 02br
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00 It would be correct to say either "I did a part of the work," or "I did part of the work," although personally I would probably use the second one. 02br
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10 11u10the12u10 most of those sentences10 12blockquote
10You don't need "the" before "most" if you're talking about the greatest part of something. 02br
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