"A part" versus "Apart"
A disturbingly common spelling mistake
I am alarmed by the many instances of people writing "apart" when they meant to write "a part". Just to provide an example, a Reddit user made this spelling mistake twice in the same headline.
It is even more embarrassing when people make this mistake on LinkedIn. Many people relish joining a new company by writing “Happy to be apart of this team!”. Not only is this bad spelling, but it1 also sounds like they are happy to separate or dissociate from their employers - which is the opposite of what they intended.
This is a BLATANT spelling mistake. Let's distinguish between the 2 terms and make sure that you use the correct version for a relevant situation.
"A part" refers to a section or a component of something bigger. Note that the word "part" is a noun in this phrase.
For example: "Univariate analysis is a part of exploratory data analysis."
"Apart" describes something that is separated or isolated from something else. Note that "apart" is an adverb.
For example, "The data scientist analyzed the American market separately, apart from the Canadian market."
This is a common mistake, but it is simple to fix. Don't write "apart" when you really mean to write "a part"!
Of course, the correct preposition to use after “apart” is “from”. The grammatically correct but semantically non-sense way to write that sentence is “Happy to be apart from this team!”.