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Used with adjectives:
"
Ernest Hemingway is a famous writer."
(famous, great, important, well-known, award-winning, best-selling)
"
F. Scott Fitzgerald is my favorite writer."
(favorite)
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There are many accomplished writers in the twentieth century."
(accomplished, fine, gifted, good, talented)
"
He got a job as a full-time writer."
(full-time, professional, freelance)
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They wanted to hire an experienced writer for the newspaper."
(experienced, published)
"
She is a romance writer."
(romance, mystery, comedy, true crime, science fiction, non-fiction, fiction)
"
The magazine is looking for young writers."
(young, aspiring, serious)
Used with verbs:
"
The famous writer is writing an autobiography."
(be + writing, be + penning)
"
The science fiction writer suggests that aliens exist."
(suggests, argues, says)
"
The young writer describes surviving a plane crash in his book."
(describes)
Used with prepositions:
"
She is a writer of many cookbooks."
(of)
"
She started as a freelance writer."
(as)
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She is a writer for various magazines."
(for)
