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  1. In large part... in small part - English Language & Usage Stack …

    Jun 7, 2016 · What is the "conjunction" for in large part? For example: Items in this category were in large part based on Doyle and Stern’s (2006) definitions of globalization, and in small part …

  2. Difference between 'part' and 'a part'? - English Language

    Dec 13, 2015 · 7 Generally, you can use either. 'My arm is part of my body' and 'My arm is a part of my body' are both everyday uses to native English speakers. They mean more or less the …

  3. Word for "a piece of a whole" - English Language & Usage Stack …

    Jun 6, 2014 · 1 The word accretion an added part; addition and can be used for organic or inorganic growth/enlargement to form a whole concept or thing

  4. grammatical number - Is "most part of" plural or singular?

    Dec 7, 2011 · However, if you reword to bring part back into the sentence (e.g. A large part of the banks), then part becomes the subject, hence you would use the singular copula is: A large …

  5. verb agreement - A large percentage is or are - English Language ...

    Feb 24, 2021 · A large percentage of… As we have seen above in the examples from COCA, the phrase a large percentage of… seems to be number-transparent: for the purposes of subject …

  6. grammar - Comma Before and After "In Part"? - English Language …

    Oct 2, 2018 · In saying thanks in part to, would adding a comma before and after the phrase "in part" be considered correct? The decline in crime was thanks, in part, to the efforts of the city's …

  7. "Not least because..." - negation as a set phrase

    Jul 14, 2017 · The phrase "not least because" seems to be everywhere in journalism and other writing, often as an understated negation meaning, in large part because. Individual …

  8. Is "There were a large number..." or "There was a large number ...

    Jul 22, 2020 · Consider this pair: [1] There were [a large number of students] in the auditorium. [2] The large number of students in the auditorium] was very surprising. The simple answer is that …

  9. comparatives - In mathematics, when referring to pure numbers is ...

    When referring to a list of number is largest or biggest correct? For example, I want to find the biggest number in an array. Or should it be the largest number. Finally, would either biggest or

  10. terminology - What do you call a quote from an article that is ...

    Jan 16, 2012 · Two of the main terms for this are callout and pull quote, the former meaning "A pull quote: an excerpt from an article (such as in a news magazine) that is duplicated in a large …