The phrase "a basic bit of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a simple or fundamental piece of information or knowledge about a subject.
Example: "Before we dive deeper into the topic, let me give you a basic bit of information about the history of the project."
Alternatives: "a simple piece of" or "a fundamental aspect of".
"We think paying authors should be a basic bit of festivals' budgets – you wouldn't ask a band to play at a festival and not pay them," she said.
A digital L.E.D. display, newly installed on the station ceiling, was counting down the minutes until the next express train would arrive — a basic bit of travelers' guidance that has, until now, remained a rarity in New York.
These are responsible for a boom in a less basic bit of the economy than copper: telescope construction.Four astronomical projects—an apt description, this, of both their product and their $1.3 billion total cost are under way in the Atacama.
Created by a cool Redditor, the robot can go around objects using a very basic bit of logic and some sensors.
It's a very basic bit of labour you are outsourcing to me for reasons unknown.
Some equivalent to a dial tone – the basic bit of information that tells you something is working in a particular way.
Knowing our weight keeps us honest, and this basic bit of information is a key motivator for the nutrition and exercise changes needed to stay fit over the long haul.
Will Alan Greenspan after 18 years on the job master this basic bit of central banking before he leaves office in a few months?
No person is truly better when they lack this basic bit of civility.
Pretty much everybody at the Duke on 42nd Street laughs, as people are expected to at this basic bit of slapstick.
Local bloggers tackle taboos head on through their own experiences; one fascinating post by a male contributor puts the "men" into "menstruation" by recounting his own shopping adventure buying sanitary pads for his sister, and asks what makes this basic bit of biology so culturally awkward.
