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Victo Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

'oral' vs 'verbal'

Is 'verbal' or 'oral' the truly correct choice below?

1) She provided an oral / verbal admission to the theft.

2) She orally / verbally admitted to the theft.

3) an oral / verbal confession

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victo Is 'verbal' or 'oral' the truly correct choice below? I think I would use 'oral', just to be clear. Nevertheless, to my dismay, I found a definition of 'verbal' some time ago that surprised me: spoken rather than written.

— CalifJim

  • victo Is 'verbal' or 'oral' the truly correct choice below?
  • I think I would use 'oral', just to be clear.
  • Nevertheless, to my dismay, I found a definition of 'verbal' some time ago that surprised me: spoken rather than written.
  • So 'verbal' is also possible.
  • CJ
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victoIs 'verbal' or 'oral' the truly correct choice below?
I think I would use 'oral', just to be clear.

Nevertheless, to my dismay, I found a definition of 'verbal' some time ago that surprised me: spoken rather than written. So 'verbal' is also possible.

CJ
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