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As expediter, the typewriter brought writing and speech
and publication into close association. Although a merely
mechanical form, it acted in some respects as an implosion,
rather than an explosion.
In its explosive character, confirming the existing
procedures of moveable types, the typewriter had an immediate
effect in regulating spelling and grammar. The pressure of
Gutenberg technology toward “correct” or uniform spelling and
grammar was felt at once. Typewriters caused an enormous
expansion in the sale of dictionaries. They also created the
innumerable overstuffed files that led to the rise of the file-
cleaning companies in our time. At first, however, the
typewriter was not seen as indispensable to business. The
personal touch of the hand-penned letter was considered so
important that the typewriter was ruled out of commercial use