The Write Stuff: Scrib, Scribe, Script

The gravitational force between the sun and the earth is ascribed to the exchange of gravitons between the particles that make up these two bodies. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays

A circle of an inch diameter has the same geometrical properties as a circle that would circumscribe the universe.

I described everything to them— the airfield, the airport, the plane, what it felt like to see clouds from the window of the plane. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

There was an indescribable something in his tone that made both the other two look at him curiously. Murder on the Orient Express

The cadets inscribe the words into their composition books. All the Light We Cannot See

All she knew was that the doctor had prescribed a certain diet, hours of rest to be rigidly adhered to, and cod-liver oil twice a day. Song of Solomon

This would appropriately be called the anti-establishmentarian clause, as the First Amendment proscribes the establishment of religion.The Washington Post

We all waited as she scribbled out another hasty note and showed it to Liam again. The Darkest Minds

Thus, there is no evidence that the earliest Chinese scribes could have had knowledge of any other writing system to inspire them. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

It is necessary that the witnesses shall subscribe the will, but not that they shall have any knowledge of its contents, nor that they shall see the testator sign it.Legal Status of Women in Iowa

The secretary had not yet transcribed the shorthand, but she had read it through several times before hiding the notebook in a safe place. The Westing Game

When she finished, she’d send her spoken version to a transcriber.The Verge

It is quicker to hit delete and move on, but over time, it would be quicker to unsubscribe from all those emails you never read.The Guardian

When Bobby looks at the script, he notes a scene in which the stage direction says, Justin is electric in this scene. Drama High

We decided on “F cubed”—which stood for “Finding Fun and Friends”—with a white capital F and a white superscript three on an orange background. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence

The subscript 2 indicates two atoms of chlorine are ionically bonded to one atom of calcium.LibreTexts GEOSCIENCES

He lay awake at night, reading scriptures over and over, racking his brain for some meaning to words he’d been fed and had preached time and time again. Where Things Come Back

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

I sent query letters to a dozen agencies and was stunned one August day when I opened our mailbox and found a request from a New York agency for the completed manuscript. The Kite Runner

The first letter was from Uncle Holt, with a small postscript that pleased me to no end: I surely enjoyed your last letter. Hattie Big Sky

He considers this very seriously, then he grabs his little pad and scribbles out a new prescription for me. Challenger Deep

Nervous, I stand up and read my descriptive essay about walking Mrs. Gilbert’s dog, with his “tiny needle teeth” and “smooshed-in snout.” Shine!

Moments later the two of them were in Mr. Curtain’s office, poring over a chart of Morse code, hastily scrawling a transcription of the distant honks. The Mysterious Benedict Society

She remembered the inscription on the tombstone: Home is the sailor, home is the hunter. Homecoming

Horace took a piece of paper from his pocket and read a detailed description of Cathy. East of Eden