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vie061104
11-06-2004, 07:13 PM
As for "feelings" and "writings", can I add "S" to "thinking" and "speaking" ?
Thanks.

Pete
11-06-2004, 07:31 PM
As for "feelings" and "writings", can I add "S" to "thinking" and "speaking" ?
Thanks.
No.

The words "feeling" and "writing" exist as ordinary nouns as well as gerunds. (Noun: "I have a bad feeling about this"; gerund: "I hate feeling this way.") It is when they are used as nouns that they can take the plural form.

The words "thinking" and "speaking" are simply gerunds; they have no independent use as nouns. They do not have a plural form.