The ink is breaking

Hi,

eg This pen doesn't write very well.

(a liquid can't 'break'.)

Clive

Hi Clive,

Happy New Year to you.

If the person continues to use the pen which doesn't write very well, and you can see the characters that the ink produces appear unclear. How do you say about the ink in the tube of the pen?

The ink is drying out.

Thanks

Tinanam

Hi,

Happy New Year to you. Thank you, you too.

Hi Clive,

Thank you for your help. I'll remember the saying.

Tinanam

Since they invented the ball point pen, I've heard and used the expression "the pen is skipping."

They've made great improvements in this over the last 60 years. (It used to be maddening!)

Hi Avangi,

I heard a customer say "this pen is s..ing". May be he was trying to say "skipping". I gave him a pen that doesn't write very well for his signature. Could "the pen is sticking" be correct too?

When you say "You could say that the pen creates a broken line, but no one would", "but no one would mean "but no one would say a broken line"?

Thank

tinanam0102 Could "the pen is sticking" be correct too?

Yes, but it's a bit sophisticated. I'm not sure about the new technology, but sometimes the ink solidifies and locks up the ball. You could call this "sticking," but I don't remember hearing anyone do so.
We're talking about alternately writing and sticking. To anyone who's not thinking about the l

Hi Avangi,

Thank you for your confirmation.

Tinanam

Alternatively, you could turn your attention from the pen to the paper, and say that the writing was "blotchy", or that the pen was writing "blotchily".

AvangiThe ***** would stick

Always a very great inconvenience.

MrP

Hi MrPedantic,

Thank you for teaching me another expression.

Tinanam