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Mar 27, 2017 · Mar 27, 2017. #1. Hello. Can you tell me, which one is right "in writing" or "at writing", please? 1-He is quick in writing. 2. He is quick at writing. Regards. JA.
Sep 29, 2008 · Sep 29, 2008. #4. The differences are very slight. "I'm writing to you today" is a little more formal than "I'm writing you today." Also, in some cases you can't use "to" or must move it: I'm writing you this letter today. I'm writing this letter to you today. I'm writing to you this letter today.
Jan 2, 2018 · Writing "I saw the well-dressed woman" avoids this problem. The hyphen is a signal to the reader that "well" does not stand by itself, but must be read with the following word. In the case of the two examples at the start of this thread, confusion is not possible*. "He mastered the art of letter" makes no sense by itself.
Mar 9, 2019 · Spanish - Spain. Mar 9, 2019. #2. If he "wrote" the book last year, then it would imply that you're aware that he finished it, so the second part of the sentence would not make too much sense, I think. When you say that he "was writing", you're talking about an action that has not finished and therefore, a year later, you don't know whether he ...
Jun 13, 2013 · The writing is complete as it happened in the past (past tense in the sentence). At the time the strike was going on, the writing could be occurring as well. But then, according to you, the sentence When I wrote the letter, I listened to the radio can only mean one thing - that the writing was in progress, i.e. incomplete.
Jun 21, 2011 · Writing is countable, but it would not be usual to see it in the singular in the way you have used it. I would only expect to see it in the plural: A single site for all of Darwin's published and unpublished writings including a major catalogue of his every publication and manuscript in the world. By the way I assume "You have a good writing ...
Feb 18, 2011 · sparse thinly scattered or dotted about; scanty. and Chambers Compact Thesaurus gives synonyms infrequent, meagre, scanty, scarce, scattered, slight, sporadic, and antonyms dense, plentiful, thick. [incidentally, spartan is the next entry, another word I would use to describe a writing style]
Feb 2, 2011 · Feb 2, 2011. #2. Hello. This is a somewhat awkward sentence in either form although both are said and understood, particularly in the spoken language. The reason why I'm writing to you is because... (my first choice of the two, probably more often heard) The reason why I'm writing to you is that... (my second choice) and the way I think the ...
Dec 19, 2016 · Dec 19, 2016. #2. They both convey the same meaning - that the purpose of the letter is to give you some information. I don't think they're interchangeable: the simple tense in "I write to inform you..." comes across to me as somewhat cold and unfriendly in tone. This is particularly evident in the second example where there I detect a clear ...
Feb 27, 2010 · In- written) is an adjective that should be followed by a noun to describe. It is only confusing when the writer thinks that as some adjectivesare used with verb (be), in written) can also be used this way) you can say this contract is binding / instead of a binding contract. But you cannot say this notice is in written/ instead of an in ...
