The phrase "a chunk of one" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It can be used when referring to a portion or piece of something, often in a casual or informal context.
Example: "I took a chunk of one of the chocolate bars to share with my friends."
Alternatives: "a piece of one" or "a portion of one".
Genetic tests on one patient with bowel cancer, for example, revealed that a chunk of one chromsome in the tumour had fused with another chromosome.
He saw equipment, tools and car parts floating by, along with a chunk of one building, which had collapsed into the filthy rising tide.
And have a chunk of one of my lady parts removed.
After proving that NBA Players Are People Too when he grouchily complained about the New York real-estate market, the small forward spent a chunk of one of his first professional paychecks buying a new house for his mother.
Earning pay that tends to hover not far above minimum wage, some workers appreciate the extra shift and the time-and-a-half pay that goes with sacrificing a chunk of one's holiday.
And a chunk of one of the papers seems to have been copied verbatim from elsewhere.
They said it was probably a chunk off one of the many asteroids that orbit in a belt between Mars and Jupiter.
I would certainly think twice – more than twice – about ever writing a whole novel, or even a goodly chunk of one, from the perspective of a character whose race is different from my own – because I may sell myself as an iconoclast, but I'm as anxious as the next person about attracting vitriol.
As critics continue to assail the prohibitive cost and possible uselessness of college — and at a time when anything that takes more than a few minutes to skim is called a "longread" — it's understandable that devoting a small chunk of one's frisky twenties to writing a thesis can seem a waste of time, outlandishly quaint, maybe even selfish.
It has been my experience that a group which looks at a large chunk of one (or two) writer's work in one night benefits more than those that read a few pages of all.
Lalonde said she spent a considerable chunk of one family barbecue challenging an MRA uncle who refutes things like the wage gap and believes women lie about rape.
