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Quotes: Writing, Writers
A field of endeavor where many contribute but few are chosen: writing quotes.
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write, writing
1. To trace or form (characters, letters, words, etc.) on the surface of some material, as with a pen, pencil, or other instrument or means; to inscribe informaton.
2. To express or to communicate in writing; to give a written account of something.
3. To execute or produce by setting down words, figures, etc.
5. To compose and produce in words or characters duly set down; such as, to write a letter to a friend.
6. To produce as an author or composer; as, to write a sonnet; to write a symphony.
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(Greek: write, writing, something written, a written record, a recording; letters; words; later, a small weight, a unit of mass in the metric system)
(a field of endeavor where many contribute but few are chosen)
(A Blog is Another Way to Express Our Selves When Writing on the Internet)
(A Blog is Another Way to Express Our Selves When Writing on the Internet)
(Latin: a code of laws, a writing tablet; an account book; secret writing; originally, "the trunk of a tree")
(Greek: hidden, secret, secrets, secret writing; by extension, applied to secret code or ciphers)
(Greek: writing-tablet)
(Greek: carve, carving, engraving; to hollow out; by extension, a form of writing)
(sacred writing of the Egyptians)
(Latin: book; originally, the "inner bark of a tree", whence "the text written on this", "collection of leaves for writing", and finally "book")
(Greek: papyros > Latin > Old French; papyrus, an Egyptian rush [a reed plant] from which material was made for writing or drawing. Used in the sense of "fibrous material on which to write or to draw"; paper)
(picturesque, poetic, and sometimes, humorous writing)
(re-writing old jokes)
(a style of writing that can't be translated into the poetry of another language)
(Greek: covering, covered, to cover; roof; by extension, secret, secret writing, applied to a secret code, codes, or ciphers that are hidden)
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electronic writing
The use of electronic circuits and electron tools to reproduce symbols; such as, an alphabet, in a specified order on an electronic display machine for the purpose of transferring information from a source to a viewer of the display instrument.
This entry is located in the following unit: electro-, electr-, electri- (page 71)
The Birth of Writing
By Robert Claiborne and the Editors of Time-Life Books, Inc.; 1974; pages 79-83.
The Story of Writing
By Andrew Robinson; Thames and Hudson Ltd.; London; 1995; pages 7-217.
(shortened forms of spoken words or written symbols, or phrases, used chiefly in writing to represent the complete forms)
(Latin punctus "a point" or "a mark"; the standardized non-alphabetical symbols or marks that are used to organize writing into clauses, phrases, and sentences, and in this way to clarify meanings)
(this page includes a presentation of the punctuation marks or symbols that are in general use in English writing)
(a re-writing of the classical story with excessive wordiness)
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The writing is on the wall (Daniel 5: 5/6)
This entry is located in the following unit: Bible Quotations used in modern English (page 5)