Modern communications mean that it’s no longer necessary to write letters. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. You should write at least 250 words.

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era of technological advancement,

letter

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writing is slowly fading away and people ascertain that communicating through letters is not required. In my opinion, I totally agree with

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viewpoint as modern forms of communication are more convenient and efficient.

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of all,

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writing is a tedious task. When one puts pen to

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, he or she

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to follow a series of procedures which is

time consuming

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time-consuming

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. To give an example, if a person wants to contact another, they have to travel to the post office, buy a stamp, paste it and make sure that the sender's details are written precisely.

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to

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, they must place the

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document in the correct coloured box. Despite

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, sometimes the document does not reach the receiver.

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,

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modern devices are

more easy

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as we just need to draft a mail and hit the send button, which saves a

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time. In short, communicating with

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is now become

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inefficient.

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of all, letters are not pocket friendly.

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means that for every

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to be posted, one has to make payment for multiple reasons

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as travelling to the post office, an envelope, a stamp and

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letter

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transportation money.

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, an individual only has to invest in an electronic device once and communicate for free. The best examples are Facebook, Whatsapp, Google mails and Skype.

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, a person can contact another person any number of times without being charged because of internet facilities. All in all, an overseas

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can cost you loads whereas a Skype call will only cost you a minimum internet fee

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to negligible. To conclude, even though communicating with pen and

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is a long lost art, I believe that it is not essential anymore because of the modern developments of electronic devices that

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made it easy for us to contact another.

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, we can still continue

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art of writing through laptops and mobile phones.