Should we write as we speak or speak as we write?
According to Jyoti Sanyal, author of “Indlish—the book for every English-Speaking Indian”, this debate has been going on for centuries. He says that written English began as a write-as-you speak movement. Casual, simple writing was encouraged. A good example of this is Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury [...]
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The Read-Write Debate
Posted in Language, tagged communical, communication, debate, english, formal, informal, Language, reading, speech, writing on July 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
