Essential Word Roots: The Write Stuff: Scrib, Script

But few of the numerous works ascribed to Pope Gregory the Great are genuine. Alberger, John

Last spring, my family and I left our rental car outside the city walls that circumscribe the pedestrian zone. New York Times (Jun 12, 2019)

Dorsett describes making the trek to the annual Hall of Fame induction ceremony and being saddened by once-hearty men deteriorating before his eyes. Seattle Times (Feb 2, 2012)

The details of Mr. Browne's invention are too intricate for description in this place, but its main point is comprehensible enough. Hendrick, Burton J.

Several tombs are inscribed and on some external paintings are still faintly visible. Various

None of them was written by Peregrin, but he and his successors collected many manuscripts written by scribes of Gondor: mainly copies or summaries of histories or legends relating to Elendil and his heirs. The Fellowship of the Ring

“The 8th Amendment is not a static prohibition that prohibits the same things that it proscribed in the 18th Century. Rather it forbids punishments that would be considered cruel and unusual today.” Los Angeles Times (Apr 1, 2019)

Dad took the clipboard and scribbled his name. Black Swan Green

But the pens were worth the effort, and during the next few days Egypt was full of scribes practicing the ancient art of hieroglyphic writing. The Egypt Game

Mr. Wells said he was inspired to work on the contest by something that happened when he was starting out as a script writer. New York Times (Jan 22, 2012)

The vertical text wrapping all four sides of the rough-hewn but elegant 2001 vessel is the “heart sutra,” a short Buddhist scripture on the paradox of emptiness as pathway to the fullness of enlightenment. Los Angeles Times (Jun 29, 2019)

Hastily procuring pen and ink, he bade Sir Walter sing it over again while he transcribed the words to paper. Bender, Millicent Schwab

The confusion stemmed from the fact that Jane Bromet interviewed me at Base Camp and posted a transcript of the interview on the Outside Online website. Into Thin Air

Understandably, everyone was rushing toward the meaning of that sentence, but the transcription is not accurate. Salon (May 30, 2019)