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“Speech is more intimate in its syntax than writing. It has shorter clauses and more no-content words to link these clauses up. Writing is denser, with longer clauses and more content words. Speech is simple words in complex sentences; writing is complex words in simple sentences.”

Joe Moran, First You Write a Sentence.: The Elements of Reading, Writing … and Life
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