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by Molly Jasinsky

For me, an ordinary letter (or "snail mail") is an attempt to correspond with someone which usually never gets finished and/or put in the mail. An e-mail, on the other hand, will be completed in a fair amount of time (and I do take the time to spell check, punctuate correctly, and capitalize appropriately) and will definitely get sent. I will reply to most personal e-mails within a day or two. If I ever do reply to an ordinary letter, weeks and weeks might pass before I get around to it.

It's true that e-mail corresponding has stripped us of all letter writing formality, but in most cases I can overlook that in favor of the immediacy of it. I love that I can e-mail someone and within minutes or hours receive a reply. Of course, this idea of immediacy brings up the issue of instant messaging and text messaging...but that's another article topic!

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