DISCURSIVE ESSAY

Many people believe that the telephone is the faster way to communicate. However, it is not the best because in specific circumstances individuals prefer to use some other form of communication.

One of the main advantages of telephoning is that sometimes you need to contact someone but you do not want to go personally. For instance, asking about some information such as timetables, free estimates and so that. Therefore you save a lot of time avoiding going and back.

On the other hand, there are also a number of disadvantages. In the first place, not everybody has a device to phoning or knows how to handle it. Secondly, if you pretend to make a deal with someone whom you are doing business you should have official documents that confirm it, so telephoning is not a good solution. What is more, some calls would be very expensive depending where you phone or how much time you spend speaking to.

It seems to me that letters are quite special. They usually have fond memories that you want to keep in mind and not forget. Thus, they allow you to re-read at whatever time.

To sum up, telephoning is nowadays the first way form of communication, whereas writing letters is by far an old-fashioned system. Either way both phoning and writing might be used in the appropriate way for what you want to say, whether you are giving displays of affection or talking business.