IN WHAT WAYS DOES SPOKEN ENGLISH DIFFER FROM WRITTEN ENGLISH

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IN WHAT WAYS DOES SPOKEN ENGLISH DIFFER FROM WRITTEN ENGLISH

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It is undeniable that written and spoken English vary quite dramatic. There are a number of ways and a number of reasons why the way in which we transcribe language and we voice it different. The progression of spoken and written language take places at contradictory rates and as a result the English spelling systems is inefficient..!Heheheh! :D


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AnDre wrote:It is undeniable that written and spoken English vary quite dramatic. There are a number of ways and a number of reasons why the way in which we transcribe language and we voice it different. The progression of spoken and written language take places at contradictory rates and as a result the English spelling systems is inefficient..!Heheheh! :D


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I enlisted in the U.S. Army to become an artilleryman in 1971, but the government saw fit to train me as a stenographer. Learning how to take Gregg shorthand emphasized the phonetic basis for the English language, and I quickly realize I could use Gregg shorthand to record any language; however, transcribing it back was the problem.

You are absolutely right. Nonverbal communications involve an enormous range of subtle clues and physical nuances that simply not available in the written language (witness the emergence of emoticons of this purpose: :lol:

In the spirit of "You must walk before you can run," learning the written language would appear to represent a good first step to better understanding the spoken version but I'm not good with languages otherwise, so the others in here would likely have more insights about this particular issue.
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Post by shokin »

Many people talks much and don't write much.

Some people write much and don't talk much.

A very small proportion of people do both regularly.

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Re: IN WHAT WAYS DOES SPOKEN ENGLISH DIFFER FROM WRITTEN ENG

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AnDre wrote:It is undeniable that written and spoken English vary quite dramatic"ly". There are a number of ways and a number of reasons why the way in which we transcribe language and "the way" we voice it "are" different. The progression of spoken and written language take places at contradictory rates and as a result the English spelling systems "are" inefficient..!Heheheh! :D


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I've quoated and bolded sections of your paragraph that I corrected in order the make it sound more natural, and some simple corrections in speech =P
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