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writing
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + writing
creative writing
(= the writing of fiction )
• He is currently teaching creative writing at the University of Michigan.
travel writing
• Here is some of the best travel writing from around the globe.
historical/sociological/scientific etc writing
• Much historical writing today looks at the lives of ordinary people, as well as at the rich and powerful.
academic writing
• In academic writing, you should avoid contractions such as "don't" or "aren't".
feminist writing
• Feminist writing has strongly criticized pornography as treating women as objects rather than people.
NOUN + writing
writing materials
(= pens, pencils, paper etc )
• Pupils were able to try old writing materials such as slates and steel-nibbed pens.
writing skills
• a workshop to develop children's writing skills
writing style
• Different newspapers tend to use different writing styles.
phrases
a piece of writing
• It's a brilliant piece of writing.
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noun putting words on paper VERB + WRITING do, practise Every morning the children do writing. | improve WRITING + NOUN paper | desk PHRASES reading and writing activity/job of writing ADJ. effective The book aims to teach effective essay writing. | creative, descriptive, imaginative | academic, critical, scientific, technical | fiction, essay, letter, novel, prose, report, script | travel QUANT. piece VERB + WRITING teach WRITING + NOUN skills PHRASES a style of writing written/printed words VERB + WRITING put sth into The arrangement was never put into writing. PREP. in ~ This agreement has to be confirmed in writing. (often writings) books, etc. ADJ. fine, good, great | bad | influential | early, later His experiences in India influenced his later writings. | ancient, contemporary Ancient writings reinforce their claims to the land. | published, unpublished | prose | academic, critical, historical, mystical, philosophical, political, religious, sacred, scholarly, scientific Christians share some of their sacred writings with the Jews. | popular | feminist | modernist | collected, selected Ruskin's Collected Writings QUANT. piece | anthology, collection an anthology of writing about jazz VERB + WRITING read | publish His writings on the history of art were published by Greenway and Settle. | influence, inspire WRITING + VERB be about sth, be concerned with sth, deal with sth Her early writing was concerned with the French Revolution. | include sth, range His writings range from ancient to contemporary art, and include a study of Giorgione's paintings. | indicate sth, provide sth, reflect sth, show sth, suggest sth His writings provide us with a first-hand account of the civil war. Her writings reflect the breadth of her interests. | influence sb/sth, inspire sb/sth PREP. in … ~ You find a greater use of the passive in scientific writing. | through sb's ~ Her influence has been greatest through her writings. | ~ about Her name crops up frequently in writings about the Renaissance. | ~ by a collection of writings by artists | ~ on The book is a collection of writings on death by various authors. handwriting ADJ. small, tiny | legible, neat | illegible | cursive, joined-up | childish | spidery VERB + WRITING have He's got very neat writing. | read I can't read your writing. | recognize I didn't recognize the writing. PREP. in sb's ~ The list was in Elizabeth's writing.HANDWRITING
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