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Discover LudwigThe phrase "certain something" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used when referring to an unspecified quality or characteristic that is notable or intriguing. Example: "There was a certain something about her smile that captivated everyone in the room."
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It had a certain something.
It has, in short, that certain something.
In performance, it lacks a certain something.
"Having a mustache takes a certain something.
It was a certain something that we were missing.
"It adds a certain something," she would say.
It adds a certain something that makes each cassette unique".
You have a certain something when you're young.
It brings a certain something to the recording.
But a certain something about their play against the Clippers did not sit well with D'Antoni.
Finding that certain something that will elicit shrieks of surprise: a thing of the past.
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