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Today when discussing language learning, I was corrected by a heritage
Japanese speaker friend who changed what I said

> 多分書くのの方が難しいと思う

to

> 多分書くの ~~の~~ 方が難しいと思う

However, the discussion [emerging from this
post](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/29500) seems to suggest 書くのの方 is
correct while 書くの方 is not. So I seem to have been in the right. But what about
verb+のの+方?

[This site](http://people.uncw.edu/kanoy), maintained by [college level
Japanese language teacher Kano
Yoko](https://uncw.edu/languages/japanese/yokokano.html), claims:

> Q:日本語を話すのと書くのと、どちらの方が好きですか。Which one do you like, speaking or Writing
> Japanese?  
>  A:どちらも好きですが、 **書くことの** （or **書くのの** ）方がかんたんです。 I like both but writing is
> easier.
>
> (Note:のの in the 書くのの is often omitted especially in conversation. Consider
> that it becomes a relative clause.)

In contrast, [this answer](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/62666/30454)
suggests 書くののほうが上手だ sounds odd. So do the legality and idiomaticness of this
construction depend on the verb? Do other verbs work better?

Side note: I did find some attestations of this:
[書くのの方が問題。](https://ameblo.jp/nyoposachi/entry-11988062882.html)
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Does the legality/idiomaticness of verb+のの+方 depend on the verb?
書く方が難しい or 書くことの方が難しい is the way to go.

書くの方が難しい is 100% ungrammatical. As I said in the linked question, 書くのの方が難しい is
not 100% incorrect but it sounds fairly awkward at least to my ears. I suppose
that heritage Japanese speaker felt the same way I did, but made a simple
mistake while correcting it.
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