  In this paper we try to complete the stability analysis for an abstract
system of coupled hyperbolic and parabolic equations $$ \left\{
\begin{array}{lll} \ds u_{tt} + Au - A^\alpha w = 0, \\ w_t + A^\alpha u_t +
A^\beta w = 0,\\ u(0) = u_0, u_t(0) = u_1, w(0) = w_0, \end{array} \right. $$
where $A$ is a self-adjoint, positive definite operator on a complex Hilbert
space $H$, and $(\alpha, \beta) \in [0,1] \times [0,1]$, which is considered in
\cite{Amk}, and after, in \cite{liu1}. Our contribution is to identify a fine
scale of polynomial stability of the solution in the region $ S_3: =
\left\{(\alpha,\beta) \in [0,1] \times [0,1]; \, \beta < 2\alpha -1 \right\}$
taking into account the presence of a singularity at zero.
