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Discover LudwigThe phrase "shred of" is a commonly used and accepted idiomatic phrase in English.
For example: He had not a shred of confidence in his own abilities.
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Some teensy weensy shred of educational value?
"Kossacks" brutally crushing any shred of resistance.
"It took away every shred of self-confidence I had".
You have at least a shred of dignity after all.
Without a shred of grace?
"Not a shred of doubt," he said.
The PM offered no shred of doubt.
He has not one shred of evidence.
"They never had a shred of evidence".
No shred of evidence supported them.
"I have not a shred of regret.
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