The phrase "an element of both" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing something that is a part or characteristic of two different things or groups.
Example: "The new policy incorporates an element of both flexibility and structure, catering to diverse employee needs."
Alternatives: "a component of both" or "a feature of both".
There's an element of both of them in what I do.
There may be an element of both, though much is unclear at this point.
There is an element of both nature and nurture in explaining the evil actions of individuals.
Someone has told you that you can't, or you physically can't face it?' Paxman added: Now I think my suspicion is that there may well have been an element of both.
(There are odd points of convergence between McDonagh's trilogy, which is set in County Galway, and "Stones," though. The filming, fifty years ago, of "The Quiet Man," for instance, is an element of both. If you didn't know better, you might think the making of that movie was one of the signal events of the twentieth century).
Under this analysis it is able to highlight the differences among alternative design cases, but moreover an estimation of the 'price of anarchy' in transportation systems design is offered, an element of both theoretical as well as practical relevance.
Adams believed that America's foreign policy should be based on realism, while Franklin believed that it should also include an element of idealism both as a moral duty and as a component of America's national interests.
There was an element of caricature in both views.
So there could be an element of truth to both hypotheses, experts say.
There is an element of fear on both sides and then there is of course this awful racism.
There is an element of hedonism to both the A.T.& T. and United Nations Plaza buildings, but what is most impressive about both of these structures is the extent to which discipline plays a hand in shaping visual pleasure.
