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Which one is correct and why? 1.- Tips for writing emails 2.- Tips for write emails thanks you.

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"Writing" is a noun; "Write" is a verb. Nouns usually come after prepositions and "for" is a preposition, so the noun form is the only one that is appropriate in this context.
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'Writing' is correct here. This is a gerund, and necessary in your sentence structure .
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tips (noun) for writing emails (prepositional phrase that modifies the noun) The prepositional phrase here consists of a preposition "to", a gerund "writing", and an object "emails". Gerunds always functions as nouns so it fits in the structure of the prepositional phrase which is "to+noun".

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