Sentence examples for commence writing from inspiring English sources

(A Texas appellate judge once wrote that when Grigson appeared on the stand the defendant might as well "commence writing out his last will and testament").

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It may have been this experience which encouraged him to commence writing his first Études, (1829 32), exploring the capacities of his own instrument.

The author also said that when he goes to his desk each morning to commence writing, he thinks to himself: "Why am I doing this?

Compare 'to begin writing'to'to commence writing', and 'to do what the teacher commanded at time t' (where the command was, "Begin writing").

Evidently, the necessity of 'One is about to begin writing if and only if one is about to commence writing' is not enjoyed by 'One is about to begin writing if and only if one is about to do what the teacher commanded at time t'.

"Google Glass: Let the evil commence," wrote Jason Perlow of ZDNet, who noted that in the "Explorer" version of Google Glass that has recently shipped to a first generation of users, there is no "recording LED indicator" light on the device, "so that one could stealthily record without any indication to the subject that they are being captured on-camera".

Stone has commenced writing the screenplay and Borman is fast-tracking it as a major European co-production to start filming before the end of the year.

A prolific author of stories, novels, plays and movie scripts, Sorokin commenced writing under Soviet censorship — winks and nods, breached taboos, under­ground circulation.

As Plutarch wrote during the reign of Trajan, "It was for the sake of others that I first commenced writing biographies; but I find myself proceeding and attaching myself to it for my own; the virtues of these great men serving me as a sort of looking glass, in which I may see how to adjust and adorn my own life".

He commenced writing his memoirs, which he promised would be "the million pound libel".