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Discover LudwigThe phrase "action of speaking" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the act or process of verbal communication.
Example: "The action of speaking in public can be daunting for many individuals."
Alternatives: "act of speaking" or "process of speaking".
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One does not, for instance, perform the morally blameworthy action of speaking insultingly to an elder just by making sounds that approximate to the pronunciation of profanities in the presence of an elder; parrots and prelinguistic children can do as much.
It was hypothesised that this action of speaking aloud would alert patients and coworkers of the critical task at hand, and help increase nurses' focus on the numerical matching task.
An analogous scenario would be a bank teller counting money out loud before customers; in the medication administration environment, the action of speaking aloud cues patients and coworkers to wait until the critical task is complete before asking questions or otherwise engaging the nurses' attention.
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"The action of Kei, speaking out against a teammate, is unacceptable.
There is no action to speak of, only the skimpiest of battles scenes, little grand oratory, a bare minimum of John Williams music and no glimpse of the assassination.
He said he "attended the RVH on the morning after the major incident was declared and I spoke to staff and I took my actions on the basis of speaking to staff, nothing less or nothing more".
12.03pm BST No action to speak of yet... We're currently being treated a nice montage of Monaco, where the draw is bewing stag... oh, hold on here come our hosts: Kate Abdo and Darren Tulett, a man who looks a bit like Des Kelly, the journalist and presenter of Life's A Pitch on BT Sport.
Santa Fe has no nighttime action to speak of, unless you count the polychromatic, melting-crayon sunsets.
His latest, "Concrete," which opened on Wednesday evening at La MaMa E.T.C., has no stage action to speak of.
Not much action to speak of as Summer Rae walks into the ring and kisses the Show-Off in front of her former dance partner.
There is no action to speak of (Des Grieux does some reconnoitring for water and Manon dies), nothing to look at and virtually no fast music at all.
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