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Discover Ludwig"the thing of" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to refer to a specific object or concept that has been previously mentioned or is being introduced in the sentence. Here is an example: "I have always been fascinated by the works of Shakespeare, and the thing of his that I admire the most is his ability to capture the complexities of human emotion in his plays."
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The spokesman added, "Corruption is the thing of the past".
And the thing of it is... she despises me".
It's just the thing of doing it so goddamn much".
"And that's not just the thing of the past.
"BlackBerries are the thing of the Hill now".
"Believe me, it's the thing of the future, this kind of rebellion," she told me.
And the thing of it is, I don't think I'm part of some lunatic fringe.
KORESH: Yeah, but the thing of it is that if they wanted to, they, they could.
C. All that matters is that the thing be the thing of the thing.
Osborne calls the Manchester deal "the thing of which I think I am most proud".
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According to Førsund, Haakon took control of the entire portion of the kingdom once held by his father (also including the Frostating the thing of Hålogaland in northern Norway and the Gulating the thing of western Norway).
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