E-mail can often lead to misunderstandings. This is because

A) it lacks extralinguistic information.
B) people misspell more often with e-mail than with pen-and-paper writing.
C) of decreasing literacy levels.
D) most people read e-mail more rapidly than other written forms.


Answer: A

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