The phrase "a certain passage of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a specific section or excerpt from a text without naming it directly.
Example: "In a certain passage of the novel, the author explores the theme of isolation."
Alternatives: "a specific excerpt from" or "a particular section of".
A certain passage of communication reaching ultimately to the man himself does reach the speaker.
As Kripke writes, "a certain passage of communication reaching ultimately to the man himself does reach the speaker.
It may be primarily analytical, as when a certain passage of poetry is separated into its elements and its meaning or import explained in relation to other passages and other poems in the tradition.
It's useful for bloggers who want to discuss a certain passage of a book, although taking a screen shot and uploading it does exactly the same thing.
Wolff wasn't sure enough to actually name anyone, but, if readers just looked at a certain passage at the end of his book, they would see where he had insinuated as much.
Wolff wasn't sure enough to actually name anyone, but, if readers just looked at a certain passage at the end of his book, they would see where he had insinuated as much.
Try to identify patterns, and if you have trouble with a certain passage, keep practicing this sort of pattern till you can pull it off smoothly.
In two angry moments of praise and blame reported in The New York Times, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, last of the great New Deal liberals, vented his frustration over the certain passage of a welfare reform bill he had bitterly opposed from the beginning.
Even as Bush resigned himself to certain passage of a resolution with no substantive force and publicly made little effort to oppose it, aides such as national security adviser Stephen J. Hadley lobbied GOP lawmakers to stick with the president to avoid emboldening Democrats down the line.
Faced with the near certain passage of the gay marriage bill, Cardinal Bergoglio offered the civil union compromise as the "lesser of two evils," said Sergio Rubin, his authorized biographer.
Of course, a cursory reading of certain passages of the Ethics supports the belief that, if Spinoza is clear anywhere, it is surely in his views of necessity and contingency.
