[General] What does "We write a book" mean?

[mmmarc]

Does it mean:

A) We each have a book to write

Or

B) It's a collaborative project and we work together to write one single book

Thanks in advance.

 

[tedmc]

(A) means two people writing two books.

If it is a collaborative effort, you should say:

We are writing a book.

not a teacher

 

[Raymott]

"We write a book" would be a very uncommon sentence. Do you mean "We are writing a book"? tedmc is half right, but you use the progressive in both cases.
"We are each writing a book."
"We are writing a book together."

 

[mmmarc]

"We write a book" would be a very uncommon sentence. Do you mean "We are writing a book"? tedmc is half right, but you use the progressive in both cases.
"We are each writing a book."
"We are writing a book together."

I think Raymott's sentences are clear.

I guess, "We write a book" is a sentence that we might find in a grammar textbook that teaches verbal conjugations, but it is a lot more clear and practical to say, "We are each writing a book" or "We are writing a book together."

So to answer the original question, "We write a book" by itself doesn't mean anything.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Sometimes the simple present tense without context doesn't work.

 

[BobK]

:up: Talking about, say, your school timetable, you could say 'For the first half hour after dinner we write our diary...', but I can't think of a plausible context for 'we write a book'. ;-)

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