written English
Language on paper
Written English is the form of the language as it appears in text rather than speech.
It follows conventions—spelling, punctuation, paragraph structure—that spoken English doesn't require.
Written English tends toward more formal vocabulary and complete sentences: Her written English is excellent, but she struggles with conversation.
The gap between written and spoken English varies by context; text messages blur the line, while legal documents remain distinctly written in character.
- proseUnversified language
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
- spellingCorrect letter sequence
- spell checkAutomated typo detection
- punctuationWritten clarity symbols
sentences · paragraphs · vocabulary · literacy · composition · rough draft · manuscripts · ink · penmanship · essays · novels · editing · drafts · revisions · red pen · formal · eloquent · articulate
- EnglishAmerican English, British English, Australian English, Canadian English, Irish English
- English languagelinguistics, semantics, phonetics, orthography, vocabulary
- African Englishpidgin English, pidgin, colonial influence, colonial language
- English grammarnouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns
- grammardeclension, pronouns, adjectives, conjugation, nouns
written EnglishAmerican Sign Language
Gestural tongue of deaf community
British Sign Language · conversational English · speech · conversation · oratory
written Englishcolloquial speech
Informal everyday language
informal speech · casual conversation · slang · everyday speech · textspeak
write, writing, writer, writers, writes, wrote, writ, rewrite, rewriting