Why is a raven like a writing desk?

为什么一只渡鸦喜欢写字台？

How did you do in the writing contest?

你在写作比赛中做得怎么样？

Whoa, sorry guys. I'm already writing this ticket.

抱歉，我正在开罚单。

John Steinbeck was writing in the same vein.

约翰·斯坦贝克也以同样的方式写作。

If we were writing, we'd use commas, parentheses, or even dashes to separate this additional information and mark it off as an independent thought group.

如果我们在写作，我们可以加逗号，括号或者号来分离出这个附加的信息，将它划分成一个独立的意群。

Er, no. It's more to do with academic writing conventions, you know, writing a bibliography and how to refer to sources in your text. That sort thing.

不，更像论文写作规范，像如写参考书目和如在文章中引用文字之类的。

People see AI writing software, generating images, driving cars, and naturally wonder what happens next.

人们看到AI可以写代码、生成图像、自动驾驶，自然会心生疑惑：未来将会如发展？

No, all sorts of toffs are writing for magazines nowadays.

在给杂志写文章的有钱人很多呢。

This is an elegant piece of writing.

这篇东西 写得很优美。

Ok! Would you mind writing me a doctor’s note for work, otherwise they may think I am faking it!

好的，你可以给我开个病假单吗？不然他们会认为我在假装生病呢！

Well, we're going to have just a single 'A', in black on a grey packet, but with the same style writing.

嗯，我们将只在灰色的包装上保留一个黑色字母A，不过字体风格不变。

Writing can be hard, especially with all the different punctuation rules.

写作很难，尤其它有不同的标点规则。

Some used a form of picture writing called hieroglyphics.

一些族群使用图形进行书写被称作象形文字。

Flabby and repetitive writing explains some of this heft.

松散而重复的写作手法让本书的篇幅过长。

But the cult of the authentic and the personal, “doing our own thing, ” has spelt the death of formal speech, writing, poetry and music.

然而，“做自己的事”这一对事务真实性和个人性的崇高信条，已经导致了正式演讲、写作、诗歌及音乐的消亡。

I am writing a blog to record every facet of life.

我在写博客，记录生活的方方面面。

Freshman year, we spent our energy writing viscerally scribbled applications to social lords.

大一的时候，我们把精力都花在了给社会贵族写申请书上。

Yet only one of his books is now in print, and his vast body of writings on music is unknown save to specialists.

然而，他的书在只有一本可以在市面上买到。他大量的音乐批评，除了专门研究音乐评论的人以外，已鲜为人知。

When I started writing songs as a teenager, and even as I started to achieve some renown for my abilities, my aspirations for these songs only went so far.

我少年时代开始写歌时，甚至当我因自己的才能而小有知名度时，我对这些歌曲的期待都十分很有限。

I am going to buy some writing paper.

我要去买些信纸。