The phrase "a strange element" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something unusual or out of the ordinary in various contexts, such as science, literature, or everyday conversation.
Example: "In the experiment, we discovered a strange element that reacted unpredictably with the other substances."
Alternatives: "an unusual component" or "a peculiar factor."
A strange element is the pulsing techno that can heard throughout the exhibition, coming out of a pair of bound speakers.
For the music business, there's a strange element to its relationship with Apple, from which it keeps trying to break free.
Perhaps there lurked the residual fear that he who wields the knife rarely wears the crown; but there was also a strange element of personal loyalty to Chamberlain that led him so far as to urge the PM to stay on at No 10.
There are dramatic re-enactments too, as well as a slightly strange element of interaction with the Donmar's 270-strong audience.
But always with this strange element of comic deflection: a sense that at least some of the fable of Ghost Dog is tongue-in-cheek.
There's also a strange social element to the drama — what may, at one angle, appear as class prejudice may also appear, at another, as a view of the derangements wrought by poverty.
A strange mystic element deep down in his being began to stir.
In a perfectly executed scene -- save for one strange element -- "Family Guy" exemplified exactly what happens when anyone can get online.
Seeing the play now at the Court's Theatre Downstairs, one is also struck by the density of its references and its strange element of hope.
Adding another strange element to the mix is the fact that Bourn appears to be allergic to stealing third base, with just one theft versus 20 steals of second.
The film that was the subject of the suit, Hilary, is Exhibit A. It is important to recognize (as numerous commentators have recognized, starting with Dahlia Lithwick) that the strange element of Kennedy's analysis is not his assertion that restricting the rights of associations to engage in political speech is anathema to the First Amendment.
