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Whilst it is the case that typical speech and typical writing differ. With respects to medium, function and form, it is nonetheless equally true that there are virtually no events which are absolutely one or the other.  

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Whilst it is the case that typical speech and typical writing differ. With respects to medium, function and form, it is nonetheless equally true that there are virtually no events which are absolutely one or the other. There are many differences between speaking and writing, each been better suited to individual events. Both having advantages and disadvantages when in certain situations. If placed into a car-purchasing situation it would be wholly inappropriate to conduct the transaction purely by written text. The mediums of speaking and writing are totally different. Speaking is vibrations in the air that are picked up by the ear, whereas writing is marks on a page (or other surface) put there by a writing instrument. Most commonly writing will be done by a pen onto paper, though with the 'PC generation' increasingly more is written on a computer and printed out. This revolution has changed the way we look...

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