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I'm getting confused with my と and my という again. I want to say:

> Writing "A" sounds good but writing "B" sounds bad.

My attempt is:

> 「A」という書くのはいいそうけど、「B」という書くのは悪いそうです。

My main concern is how to join the phrase「A」to the 書く verb, but comments on
how I've mangled the rest of the sentence would also be appreciated. Thanks
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grammar particle-と
Should I use とor という or something else in this phrase
As far as grammar, the following is the main difference:

> 「～～と」 must be followed by a **_verb_** phrase. When it is not, the verb has
> intentionally been left unmentioned.

[手紙]{てがみ}に、「[好]{す}きです」 **と** [書]{か}いた。(書いた is a verb.)

> 「～～という」 must be followed by a **_noun_** or a form of nominalization.

「こんにちは」 **という** あいさつは、[夜]{よる}にはしません。(あいさつ is a noun)

With this basic knowledge, let us take a look at your sentence.

> 「A」という書くのはいいそうけど、「B」という書くのは[悪]{わる}いそうです。

**_Among the few mistakes contained (sorry but gotta be honest), the most
serious one is the 「A」という書く part. You cannot say that as 書く is a verb._**

You can say 「A」と書く or 「A」という[文]{ぶん} or 「A」というフレーズ. You need a noun to follow
「A」という.

(Of course, you can say 「A」という文を書く as you already have a noun following
「A」という. Are you following me? No pun.)

*****You might opt not to read further in order to concentrate on your more
immediate question. I am just pointing out the following because I can't
pretend to not notice mistakes.

You cannot say 「いいそうけど」, or more precisely, 「そうけど」. You must say 「そう **だ**
けど」, 「そう **です** けど」, etc.

「B」という書く is also naturally incorrect. (Explained above)

「[悪]{わる}い」 is not the best or most natural word choice here because it sounds
too direct for the Japanese taste. We would use 「よくない」 or 「[間違]{まちが}っている」
instead.

Examples of correct sentences:

> 「A」と書くのはいいそうですが、「B」と書くのはよくないそうです。

Notice I used 「が」 instead of 「けど」. Using 「けど」 is 100% grammatical but it
sounds too childish (or informal).

> 「A」という文は[正]{ただ}しいそうですが、「B」という文は間違っているそうです。
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