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1、FormalandinformalPrequestionsfordiscussions:Asareader,whyyoufindsomeessayseasytoreadwhileothersmaydifficulttoread?Whatisformalandinformalwordsandstyle?Whenshallweusetheseformalandinformalwordsandstyles?AsanEnglishlearner,doyouthinkweshouldbeinclinedtousingmoreformalwordsandstyles?Formalandinformal
2、Formalandinformalwordsand/orlanguageofEnglishshouldbothbelearned.Formallanguageisusuallyusedintermpapers,researchpapers,reports,memos,minutesofmeeting,andbusinesslettersetc,inwhichcase,formalstyleoflanguageshouldbeused.Formallanguageissometimescalledwrittenoracademiclanguage.FormalandinformalOnthe
3、otherhands,informalwritingassumesapersonalstance.Itsuggestcloseconnectionsamongwriter,reader,andsubject.Informalwritingisusuallyusedindailyconversations,notes,messages,personalletters,postcardsetc.FormalandinformalTheEnglishthatyoushouldusewhenwritingapaperorthesisshouldbeformal(likealegaldocument
4、)butalsoclear(unlikealegaldocument).TherearecertainthingsthatcanbedoneinspokenEnglishorinwrittenEnglishinnewspapers,magazines,orlecturenoteswhicharenotappropriateforformalwriting.Formalandinformal1.Don'tstartasentencewith`And',`Also',`But',`So',`Or',`Evenso'.Insteaduse`Inaddition',`However',`Hence
5、',`Consequently',`Alternatively',`Nevertheless'.2.Don'tstartasentencewith`Therefore'.Insteadwrite,forexample,`Wetherefore...'.3.Don'tstartasentencewith`Then'or`Now'unlessitisacommand.Formalandinformal4.Don'tuse`don't',oranyothershortenednegativesuchas`isn't',`hasn't',`wasn't',etc.Use`doesnot',`isn
6、ot',etc.instead.5.Generallytrytoavoid`'s'.E.g.Insteadof`thewavefront'scurvature'useeither`thecurvatureofthewavefront'or`thewavefrontcurvature'.But,thereareexceptionstothis.e.g.`today'sstockmarketprices'isbetterthan`thestockmarketpricesoftoday'.Formalandinformal6.Don'tuse`!'or`&'or`/'.Itisalsoveryu
7、nusualtosee`?'inapaper.Don'tputquestionsinapaperunlessyoureallyknowwhatyouaredoing.Formalandinformal7.Don'tusee.g.ori.e.oretc.8.Whenreferringtothenumberofcountableobjects,usewordsratherthanfigureswhentheamountisl
