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The phrase "a saying of" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used when referring to a specific expression or proverb attributed to someone or something. Example: "The phrase 'Actions speak louder than words' is a saying of great wisdom."
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After he won the Palm Beach Handicap, in January, there was a story going round that his stable had refused an offer of more than a million dollars for him, which brings to mind a saying of John E. Madden, & notable old-time horseman: "Better sell and repent than save and repent".
Few Westerners can quote a saying of Confucius.
"He always had a saying of 'Why not us?
Is it a saying of recent vintage or an authentic adage?
SUNDAY REVIEW An essay last Sunday about the boom in self-help referred imprecisely to a saying of Buddha.
" "A saying of Anaxagoras to some of his friends is also related,-that things would be for them such as they supposed them to be.
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If the sequence is uniformly bounded on a set, say of positive measure in then (6.1).
"It's not a car," she said of a horse.
(A "nightmare," Mr. Williamson said of the experience).
"He's a legend," she said of Sitney.
Without a doubt," Flinn said of Skillern.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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