The writers conjecture that as oracle bone inscriptions were made at palace divination ceremonies, the characters are written rather formally, equivalent to the regular kaishu style; but the joined-up characters inscribed on the potsherd may very well be a cursive style, used by ordinary people.
他們還推測，甲骨文是宮廷占卜的文字，書寫比較正規，類似於正楷；陶片上的連寫字則可能是草體，為一般人用。