O excerto do primeiro parágrafo – ... electronic discourse...

... syntax and meaning are more difficult to understand in written electronic language than in conversational English...

... the pronunciation of English tends to be harder to grasp when oral language is heard by means of the Internet...

... language used in the Internet is normally more complex than that used in newspapers or magazines...

... it is easier to read printed media than it is to read on the Internet, due to the latter’s more complex nature...

... the word choice and sentence structure in written language used in the Internet is usually more elaborate than the one used in the oral variety...