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Writing is a verb.

Writing is a verb.

Do you think of ‘writing’ as an action word, or as something that you intentionally do? Why or why not? Read this post and leave a comment to join this dialogue. Then see today’s writing prompt.

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Feb 08, 2025
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The word ‘writing’ is a verb when unaccompanied by an article (‘a’, ‘an’, ‘the’) and attributed to a pronoun or noun (‘She is writing.’, ‘Linda is writing.’ etc.) which means that it is a word of action and that it is something that someone does. Namely, a writer, or someone who calls themselves a writer, even if only for the moment that they are writin…

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