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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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Technology is changing the way we communicate in the modern society. I strongly agree with the statement that letters are no longer in use with the communication levels reaching to instant text messages and live video calls, there is no place to pen down thoughts in
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 fast-moving world.
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, I would like to talk about how technology is playing its role in bringing people closer. In the modern world with high internet speed you can talk to anybody from anywhere, whereas letters would take around weeks for the same information
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of
 the reach another person.
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, letter from India to USA will take nearly 11 days, whereas with modern tools we can connect instantly.
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,
pace
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the pace
 of life has increased rapidly over the years. Nowadays we don’t have enough time to sit down and write down our feelings on a piece of paper,
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 we want to save our time and put it
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in
to
 use wherever necessary. To illustrate,
i
refers to the speaker or writer
I
 can cook food while being on a video call with my mother rather than writing down the experience and sharing the same with
mom
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 later. Alternatively, writing a letter is something very emotional as the other person will feel its importance, as you took some time out of your schedule to write it down.
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 will make the other person feel truly special. To conclude, I agree writing letters has a special feeling in everyone’s heart, but with new age communications it does not suffice why one should write letters when they can talk to each other instantly.
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,
letters
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the letters
 are not that important
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to
 the level of modernization that has happened in
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 busy life.
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