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What does the 'contuative' form add to the meaning in the sentence?

raruna
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[名前を書いたつもりだったが、書いていなかったようだ。] So 書いていなかった is saying that "it was not written"

I.e. the speaker is saying they meant to write it, but the paper was blank.

書かなかった would say= I meant to write it, but I did not (write it).

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