Talk:writing on the wall

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Where does the form the writing is on the wall fit into this? ---> Tooironic 09:06, 15 March 2010 (UTC)Reply

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I question whether the uncountable sense and the plural actually exist (with the relevant idiomatic meaning that is; obviously the noun "writing" can in itself be uncountable and plural). 86.152.161.224 21:21, 13 March 2016 (UTC)Reply

Here are three unambiguously uncountable citations and three plural citations (all apparently of the idiomatic meaning):
Mr. Granger (talkcontribs) 21:59, 13 March 2016 (UTC)Reply
I have added some citations to the entry. 1982, 2012, and the first 2014 are of the plural in the idiomatic sense. 2011 and the last two 2014 cites are of the uncountable "vague" sense IMO. DCDuring TALK 22:31, 13 March 2016 (UTC)Reply
OK, fair enough, thanks. 86.152.161.224 02:56, 14 March 2016 (UTC)Reply


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writings on the walls? Hard to search for because all of the plural forms are often literal. - -sche (discuss) 02:23, 1 July 2018 (UTC)Reply