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Used with adjectives:
"
The race continued on a long section of the street."
(long, short)
"
I really enjoyed the opening section of the book."
(opening, middle, final, main)
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We're moving on to the next section."
(next, following)
"
We had to take out a large section of the carpet."
(large, small)
"
Famous people get to sit in a special section of the restaurant."
(special, separate)
"
Can I see the business section of the newspaper?"
(business, front page, entertainment, finance, news, travel)
"
The horn section sounded great!"
(horn, drum, string, brass)
"
That book can be found in the fiction section."
(fiction, history, non-fiction, science) *many additional adjectives
Used with verbs:
"
The author added a new section on mammals."
(added, removed, revised, edited)
"
I skipped the section on gardening tips."
(skipped, enjoyed, liked)
"
The room was divided into sections."
(be + divided into, be + separated into)
Used with nouns:
"
The section leader helped tune the instruments."
(leader, manager)
Used with prepositions:
"
You can find dictionaries in the reference section."
"
The bookcase comes in several sections."
(in)
"
Please look in your books under section three."
(under)
