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| In the electronic age, it appears outdated to write leters. People may feel very awkward to take out the paper and start racking their brains to write in a bookish style. Lettering writing is very time-consuming for both the letter addresser and the letter addressee. Several days will be consumed before the addressee receives the letter. If there is something urgent, nothing can be done to make up for the loss. Words are written in papers and the letter addressee can only read between lines from the letter. On the contrary, phones convey information literally and orally, thus the addressee can have a more immediate and clear perception of what the addresser wants to express . | Letter-writing is more formal than telephone conversation because black and white sincerity and confirmation is still a must in commercial transactions and legal correspondence. Telephone conversation needs instant reply, which often leads to slips of tongue. While writing letters can avoid the unnecessary embarrassment as that in telephone conversation. Letter writing has as often been talked to be extinct as that TV would kill newspapers in the 1960's, which had never happened. So it suffice to say letter writing can still exist for decades to come. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||