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Discover LudwigThe phrase 'be a thing' is not correct and usable in written English.
You should avoid using the phrase 'be a thing' and use something more descriptive in its place. For example, instead of saying 'There was a thing', you could say 'There was a problem'.
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be a thing
verb
To exist, or to be available, widespread, possible, or a common practice
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I wanted to be a thing".
It would be a thing to see".
Now that would be a thing.
Business cycles would be a thing of the past.
Due process would be a thing of the past.
I think it'll be a thing of the past.
This all seems to be a thing of the past.
No doubt it will be a thing of imposing grandeur.
It can be a thing that will really affect you.
"Reading got to be a thing I liked," he says.
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