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To be sure, [[orally or in writing]] amply covers the spoken and written world, but that leaves out the ecosystem of nods, wags, shaken heads, facial tics and cocked eyebrows,which can operate to communicate more devastatingly than this inept legal {{tag|flannel}} which tries to wipe them away, especially if you happen to be Roger Moore or Leslie Phillips. | To be sure, [[orally or in writing]] amply covers the spoken and written world, but that leaves out the ecosystem of nods, wags, shaken heads, facial tics and cocked eyebrows,which can operate to communicate more devastatingly than this inept legal {{tag|flannel}} which tries to wipe them away, especially if you happen to be Roger Moore or Leslie Phillips. | ||
[[mediocre lawyer|Punctilious attorneys]] look down at the laiety when they mistake “[[verbally]]” and “[[orally]]”, but the last laugh is on them: “Verbally” is a neater, and less stupid-sounding, expression than [[orally or in writing]] for which it is an exact synonym. | |||
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