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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a act of" is not correct in written English; it should be "an act of." You can use it when referring to a specific action or deed that is being described or discussed.
Example: "The community came together for an act of kindness by helping the local shelter."
Alternatives: "a deed of" or "a gesture of".
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The newspapers regularly report incidents in which women, chiefly from the lower castes, are stripped and sometimes beaten as a act of revenge against their communities or families.
They said the Pathet Lao radio, in a broadcast yesterday, deenounced the proposals as "a act of propaganda" designed "to dupe the people" and pre pare for escalation in the fight ing.
And then there's always the possibility that a spiteful ex tweets out your "old" name as a act of vengeance, or that a friend accidentally tags you under the "wrong" name on Facebook (or whatever social network is popular in this hypothetical future).
He's been named the chief suspect in what US Attorney Bill Killian says is being investigated as a act of domestic terrorism.
Then, to Moscow utter outrage, Bush announced plans for an anti-missile system in the Czech Republic and Poland (only 190 km from Russia's border) to supposedly shoot down Iranian nuclear-armed missiles that don't exist was a act of monumental stupidity and pointless belligerence.
The increased social awareness of PDD originated in 2000 when a act of violence by an adolescent with suspected PDD was widely reported by the mass media.
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A flood is an act of God.
"This is an act of pure evil.
Was it an act of God?
Is your moustache an act of rebellion?
It's an act of imagination.
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