Mocking Poor Grammar
Since 2007
A noun that is formed from a verb and which describes an action. In English it ends in -ing, eg 'the baking of bread' and 'Smoking damages your health'.
Do you ever find yourself writing the wrong word when you overhear an unconnected conversation or find yourself drifting off and daydreaming while writing?
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I wonder what Dr Freud would say about what was going through the copywriter’s mind (or other parts) when he was writing this?
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