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Modern communications mean that it’s no longer necessary to write letters. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

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It can be seen in today’s time that developments in technology
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 made it obsolete to write
letters
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. Writing
letters
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 was an
activity
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 of the past. I completely agree with the view as improvement in technology has been a massive benefactor in the
communication
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 sector which has almost killed
letter
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 writing. Before the advent of the technological paradigm shift,
letter
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 writing was a regular
activity
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 among individuals. For almost every major
communication
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 purpose,
letters
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 were used. But lately, as the technology progressed the
activity
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 almost subsided. Nowadays, communicating with someone is just a click away. The major reason for the downfall of
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art is that it is
time consuming
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.
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, it takes several days for a message to be communicated whereas, nowadays, the message can be sent in an instant irrespective of its form i.e text, image or videos. What is more, writing
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 are
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 prone to security breaches. The content in
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are
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 generally sealed or pasted in an envelope. The
letter
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 traverses through numerous middlemen which makes it redundant to send important or confidential information.
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, with technological
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 the privacy issue has been completely resolved. It has become possible to communicate without
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of
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 any middle party.
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, messaging applications like “
watsapp
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WhatsApp
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” uses end-to-end encryption which does not let anyone except the sending and receiving users
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view the message. To conclude, writing
letters
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 is slowly vanishing from every aspect of
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.
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 revolution has helped humans immensely as what was unthinkable in the past has become a reality now.
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 there still exists the systems of the traditional
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letter box
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,
as
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letter
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 writing is still a small proportion of the
communication
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 sector. It is just a matter of time when the
activity
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 would have completely subsided and given way for a much better and efficient form of
communication
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The Greeting

Depending on the style and aim of the letter, you will need to adapt your greeting.

Always start an informal letter in the ways:

  • Dear + name
  • Hi / Hello + name

‘Dear...’ is more appropriate, so stick with this.

For a formal letter there are two options for the greeting:

  • Use Dear Sir or Madam if you don’t know the name of the person you are writing to.
  • Use Dear + surname if you do know their name, e.g. Dear Mr Smith or Dear Mrs Jones.

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