Comparative Commentary

Both Text A and Text B have common subject matter the personal computers and their development. However, text A which is taken from the field of education, while Text B is an advertisement specially created into a business magazine. Consequently the two texts show some linguistic features, but the differences are in majority, because they are differ in the target audience, their structure and register as well. The principle aim text B is to inform …

…of it. Whereas text B is an advert therefore it has to be eye-catching and very easy to read. To accomplish this aim, it consists of four main paragraphs with headings on their tops, so that the readers could easily understand what this is about. In conclusion, there are both contrasts and similarities between these two texts, similarities based mainly on the subject and the purpose, contrast in structure and linguistic devices can be found.