The phrase "a detritus" is not correct in standard English usage.
The word "detritus" is an uncountable noun, so it should not be preceded by the article "a."
Example: "The beach was littered with detritus after the storm."
Alternatives: "debris" or "waste material."
But with the UK now emerging from this grammar lull, a detritus of lingering grammar myths and unconfident "lost generation" teachers are left behind.
Yet he does caustically capture a hard truth: the nature and traditions of Africa are being "nibbled" away, leaving a detritus (of many kinds) that has to be sloughed off in order for a healthier and more African Africa to move ahead.
The turbidity-flow sandstones have a detritus content of 53% and 62.5%, which is lower than that of the sandy-debris-flow sandstones.
After each flooding a detritus layer and a plasmo-condensed layer of bacteria and algae are formed in the water body or film and during the subsequent dessication a third subaeric layer of evaporites is build up.
The sweep of life leaves a detritus of friends behind.
Dead particles and unassimilated grazing go into a detritus pool that is remineralized at a temperature-dependent rate.
Sheader and designer Jon Bausor give the show a conceptual framework by setting it in a detritus-filled rubbish dump.
The conversion of unvegetated tidal flats into Spartina meadows has effected a change from an algal-based to a detritus-based food web, resulting in reduced trophic support for fish and migratory birds (Levin et al. 2006).
The closest thing to edgy contemporary art is a scrappy detritus sculpture by Soyeon Cho.
There is a human detritus swirling around in the backwaters of the Welfare State which nobody seems able to do anything about.
The sandy-debris-flow sandstones have a total detritus content of 68%75.6%%, which is 10%20%% higher than that of the turbidite sandstone (Table 1).
