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Are you more likely to judge the way someone speaks or the way someone writes?
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When you write, you have the time to carefully choose and correct your language.
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When you write, you have the time to carefully choose and correct your language.
Thank you for your reply Mykwyner


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It would depend on what I was judging them for- if they were being assessed for something where speaking mattered, then that would be the skill to focus on.
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