Expression:Pen to paper

[Tom]

Dear All

1-She would never put pen to paper again.
(Why not a pen to papare again?)

2: This heroine has never done:(which one is most suitable?)

* a mother's role
* mothers's roles
* a mother's roles

ps: I could not be more grateful if you gave answers with a few examples

So still learning from you all

Tom

[Tom]

Hello everybody

Still waiting

Tom

[Yankee]

Hi Tom

It's me again.

"Put (or set) pen to paper" is an expression which simply means "to write". I don't have any explanation for how the expression came to be. Sorry.

In your second question, are you talking about an actress who has never had a role as a mother in a play or film?

Amy
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[Tom]

Yes, Amy

It is about an actress: Which answer would be the most suitable?

Tom

[Yankee]

Hi Tom

To be honest, I don't like any of your options. The possessives bother me. (Sounds too much like parenting, and too little like acting)

I'd prefer to reword the whole sentence, but if I were to leave your sentence as unchanged as possible, then I might say:

"This heroine has never done a mother role."

(i.e., simply use "mother" as an adjective.)

-- OR, with a bigger change --

"This actress has never been cast in the role of a mother."

Amy
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ESL teacher, translator, and a native speaker of American English