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When you are writing you are expressing your thoughts, feelings, emotions and meaning of the word the best possible manner, when while speaking it is a way of communicating so that the audience understands the weightage of that word
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In any language, not just English, the difference between the spoken and written forms of a word is that the spoken word embodies the living thought, while the written word is a picture or representation of that thought at a later time
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Written English is structured and follows grammatical rules were as spoken English is in formal, filed with contractions, slang and word filers.
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Because some words are silent
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Written and spoken English differ due to: Historical Evolution: Pronunciation has changed since the 15th century, but spelling hasn't. Great Vowel Shift: Major changes in vowel sounds occurred without changing spelling. Loanwords: Borrowed words retain original spelling but adapt pronunciation (e.g.,...
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Written and spoken English differ due to:

  1. Historical Evolution: Pronunciation has changed since the 15th century, but spelling hasn't.
  2. Great Vowel Shift: Major changes in vowel sounds occurred without changing spelling.
  3. Loanwords: Borrowed words retain original spelling but adapt pronunciation (e.g., "colonel" pronounced "kernel").
  4. Lack of Spelling Reforms: English hasn't had comprehensive spelling updates.
  5. Silent Letters: Historically pronounced letters are now silent (e.g., "knight").
  6. Phonetic Simplification: Spoken English simplifies sounds (e.g., "going to" becomes "gonna").
  7. Standardization: Printing and dictionaries fixed spellings based on older pronunciations.
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Written English is structured and follows grammatical rules were as spoken English is in formal, filed with contractions, slang and word filers.
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In any language, not just English, the difference between the spoken and written forms of a word is that the spoken word embodies the living thought, while the written word is a picture or representation of that thought at a later time.
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Spoken texts are lexically less dense than written language - they have proportionately more grammatical words than lexical words. Spoken language has more words that refer to the speaker, more quantifiers and hedges, and less abstractness.
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Why do people use the phrase "you know" very often when they speak? This kind of phrase is usually used as a space filler, while the speaker is thinking of the next thing to say. Some people are afraid of the silence caused by pausing to think. Also, in many cases, it is a nervous habit, a bit like t...
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Why do people use the phrase "you know" very often when they speak? This kind of phrase is usually used as a space filler, while the speaker is thinking of the next thing to say. Some people are afraid of the silence caused by pausing to think. Also, in many cases, it is a nervous habit, a bit like tics

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