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When you write something, do you write it as you would speak it,

or do you jazz it up to make you look smarter than you actually are?

Posted - November 26, 2017
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  • 22891
    i try to
      November 26, 2017 4:23 PM MST
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  • 5391
    Penetrating analysis. 
      November 26, 2017 4:27 PM MST
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  • 44603
    Which one??
      November 26, 2017 4:29 PM MST
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  • 5391
    Writing provides the advantage of thinking through what you intend to say. I think messages can thus be more clearly communicated in writing than with speech. 

    That said, I tend to sound a lot like what I write. This post was edited by Don Barzini at November 26, 2017 7:00 PM MST
      November 26, 2017 4:25 PM MST
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  • 44603
    Nice flip.
      November 26, 2017 4:28 PM MST
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  • 16763
    As I say it. Jazzing it up sounds stilted and phony. Ain't nobody got time for dat.
      November 26, 2017 4:52 PM MST
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  • 44603
    Right on. bro.
      November 27, 2017 7:31 AM MST
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  • 1713
    I only did that in college, but that was so I could meet the word count faster.
      November 26, 2017 6:55 PM MST
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  • 44603
    We all did that.
      November 27, 2017 7:32 AM MST
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  • 16763
    Philosophy essays I usually had to cut to get DOWN to within 10% of the word count. Theology I waffled.
      November 27, 2017 3:24 PM MST
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  • 6124
    I use a thesaurus, dictionary, synonym, & antonym finders.  Then I sit down, pick apart the question, and write a response.  Then I walk away, come back, and rewrite it.  Then, I walk away for a second time, come back, and rewrite.  I do this 3 times.  Then I  post.   I do all this because I'm a blithering idiot in real life and I've always wanted to sound as if I'm the smartest person in the room.  It's a good thing everyone else on this site is as stupid as I am.  It's a relief to know I don't have much competition in the smarts dept here on this site!  Hallelujah!
      November 26, 2017 7:29 PM MST
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  • 44603
    (dept.)
    Sounds like one of my answers.
      November 27, 2017 7:33 AM MST
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  • 6124
    Ya gonna get on my case for leaving out the period?  I don't have them anymore so I tend to fahgetabout dem.


    Thanks for Asker's Pick btw. 



    This post was edited by Harry at November 28, 2017 8:05 AM MST
      November 28, 2017 7:09 AM MST
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  •                          " Use Roman Numerals"
      November 26, 2017 9:37 PM MST
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  • 17592
    There are many writing styles.  When online I use conversational language, which is very different from language used in business letters. This post was edited by Thriftymaid at November 28, 2017 7:13 AM MST
      November 26, 2017 9:57 PM MST
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  • No, but when it comes to reading, I enjoy the writing of others done in every day vernacular. It's more conversational.
      November 27, 2017 7:34 AM MST
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