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Originally Posted by lio45
I'd add a few thoughts, while at it:
I agree with you that if you're aiming for absolute perfection (you mentioned "running your stuff by a native francophone first") then yes, if you're already at a high level or above, something written might more easily involve anything that can be spotted as faulty than something oral. So in that sense, yes, okay.
On the other hand, another factor which is pretty symmetrical for all languages is that when writing, you can hesitate and think; when speaking, the bar is a lot higher and there's more pressure on the speaker.
I find it more tiring (these days, it's not very tiring anymore, but still) to have to speak English continuously than to have to write English continuously.
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Yes, I was referring to professional work. I always found it interesting that I was seldom corrected for grammar - the comments were usually along the lines of "in French, we'd say it this way...". That would send me to a second or even third person for their opinion, which would in each case be different in some way. Language, it seems, is as much an art as a science.
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