Pen or pencil?

Wow, I remember those jumbo pencils. I have not seen one of those in years. I prefer a pen also. It is just something about the ink pen. When I mess up I just mark through it and keep on writing.

i like pens much better. theyre easier to use as in you dont have to sharpen them and they are darker so theyre easier to read and look nice.

I most frequently use a mechanical pencil. I like the Pilot engineering pencil, and using HB lead. It is a little expensive and hard to find, but it is the best pencil I have ever came across. I have been using it for over 13 years now. One of my old bosses got me hooked on them. Though, I have always preferred a pencil. And my brother calls me a pencil pusher because of the different financial positions that I have had in the past. So, I guess it makes sense that when you are dealing with numbers you use a pencil so that you can erase in case you make a mistake. Interesting discussion you started here. Thanks and have a great day!

I will grab for a pen over a pencil. In my line of work, I have to use black ink. I prefer a gel pen, because it writes the smoothest and when doing a lot of writing, I like it the best. Can use white out with mistakes by pen, if you don't use a pencil with eraser.

i started with a pencil aswel and i still perfer to use it becuase i think i write neater with it then a pen but i cant i am in college, lol!

I use a black gel pen for everything. Gel pens write so nice, and I always have white out if needed. Black ink is best for copying, faxing or scanning. I also print just about everything, except my signature. It is neater and easier to read.

I love pens, I cannot stand pencils. Pencils are too messy. Pens are great, they don't make that much of a mess.

I have use both and yes I admit that pencil is good for drawings and sketching. I enjoy writing with pen but sometimes I wrote a poem with pencil because I'm not confidence enough to write with pen. So, I think both have their pros and cons. Anyway I found some unique pen where you can learn Mandarin or English with it. Check out this link http://yokotechspace.blogspot.com/2009/02/now-you-can-learn-mandarin-and-english.html What do you think? Unique right?

It really depends on what I am writing. I prefer pencils when I'm just jotting down notes and such because i can erase and fix thigns. But for professional documents I always use black pen.

I prefer to use the pencil only as the handwritting is really nice when you use pencils. But due to the kind of work I have to use the pen onlu. Over the time the things written by pencil faint after some time or the other while the pen remains the same, so I prefer to use pen.

I have always preferred pens. I dont care if i make mistakes. I just scratch over it and go on. Then only time i will use a pencil is if required to. Like when i had to test for that job they required pencil. So i still use pencil but prefer pen.

I prefer pencil to pen... Because it serves many purposes. WE can draw some art and can also be used for writing...

I heard a myth about a millionaire research of NASA developing a pen that works without gravity, while russians simplified the trouble by using pencils :P I don´t know if that myth is real, but it´s funny to hear... I use pens always, even when i know i´ll make a mistake :S

I like pens better for many reasons, many of them already said, but pens also don't require trees being chopped down to make them.

It really depends.. i like using the pencil for jotting down notes while i like using the pen when updating my journal or writing a special letter... I've been using Pilot sign pen for years and i love how it works.. it makes me feel organized and it makes me feel a very professional person.. =) i also like using colored pens and those with glitter ones..

When I was in grade school the first thing I used is pencil because teachers do not allow us to use a pen. They only want pencil because it is easier to erase what you have written incorrectly. When I entered high school I started using pen because teachers do not allow pencil. When I draw or just write stuffs that I want to erase I use pencil but when I want permanent ink I use pen. When I entered college I never used pencil but in just one subject I liked and that is Sociology. Reason is I want my notebook to be as clean as possible so I used pencil. I just need to erase any mistake and so I had a clean notebook. The rest of my notes were written using pen and I prefer black ink. Pens are more attractive than pencil because they come in different colors. Until now that I am married I still go for pen and I also have sign pens. Those are quite more expensive than pens because of the ink quality and the output.

I prefer pencils -- they have a softer effect on the page, and I like the ability to erase if I need to. It's cleaner than scribbling out! I especially like to do my creative writing/poetry in pencil, rather than in pen or on the computer, there is just something about it that makes me feel more connected to the page.

Hello smooch091784!!!!!!!!!! I want Pencil because pencil can be erase while ballpen is not, and i usually used pencil for drawing and lettering. Anyway the answer for that question is depend on the person what he/she uses always or which is useful for him/her.... Until now I'm using pencil even on my notebook. except for filling up forms... It depends on the person....

I prefer to use pen. But somehow, it is depend on the situation. :)

Pen, althought a good mechanical pencil is always great. I love pens when writing papers for school, or writing in my dayplanner. Plus where I work we can only write in black ink. But my favorite is those gel pens that come in all different colors. No matter how old I get I will still love GEL PENS !!!