Writing doesn't come naturally to us; _____  seeing and hearing, it must be taught.

So, are we really ready to enter a world _____ the artistic flow of handwritten script might be about to disappear?

But these experts admit that handwriting _____  indeed have a presence that is absent in typed prose.

So when Galileo decided he wanted a telescope, he had a ________ tradition of glassmaking and highly skilled glassmakers who he could call on to provide him with a lens.

It takes up a lot of teaching time that could otherwise be devoted _____  keyboard skills

Many of us rebel _____  the radical idea of abandoning writing by hand because we think that our personal identity shines through in our handwriting.

The road to the west reveals the forest in all its______.

It allows self-expression to grow and is regarded by many _____  the mark of a civilised society.

Glass lenses were later ______ to many other uses, not least the invention of eye glasses

Handwriting has been _____  for about 6,000 years, just a small fraction of the time that humans have been on this earth, but its effects have been enormous.

We are able to _______ on academic staff with a wide variety of expertise

Europeans were already using glass, for example to make windows and elaborate chandeliers, and were well aware of its ________.

However, _____  that computers have taken over our world, the need to write anything by hand is becoming redundant.