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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a real work" is not correct in standard written English.
It is typically used incorrectly; the correct form would be "a real piece of work" or "real work" depending on the context.
Example: "She is a real piece of work, always finding ways to challenge the status quo."
Alternatives: "a true masterpiece" or "genuine effort".
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Locus+, which was established in 1993, has worked with artists including Damien Hirst and was involved in Mark Wallinger's A Real Work of Art, in which a horse ran in the artist's registered colours in the 1994 flat season.
It's a real work of art.
1993 Buys a racehorse, calls it A Real Work of Art, and races it.
"It was a real work in progress and kind of overwhelming at first," Mr. Tompkins said.
But when they were good they were very good, there's a real work in progress there.
In a real work of investigative journalism, this might qualify as a whopping anticlimax.
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But just behind us was a real working sheep ranch, La Anita.
But here's a real working system that we can study.
Sent from the future, a real, working robot to assist our journalists.
Yasser Arafat (a "uniquely ambitious and self-promoting character") is attempting the transformation of his mock "armed struggle" state into a real, working state.
His sidemen make up a real working unit, with trumpet and tenor saxophone against acoustic and electric guitars, Hammond B-3 organ, definitively thumping drums.
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