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1、FormalandinformalPrequestionsfordiscussions:Asareader,whyyoufindsomeessayseasytoreadwhileothersmaydifficulttoread?Whatisformalandinformalwordsandstyle?Whenshallweusetheseformalandinformalwordsandstyles?AsanEnglishlearner,doyouthinkweshouldbeinclinedtousingmoreformalwor
2、dsandstyles?FormalandinformalFormalandinformalwordsand/orlanguageofEnglishshouldbothbelearned.Formallanguageisusuallyusedintermpapers,researchpapers,reports,memos,minutesofmeeting,andbusinesslettersetc,inwhichcase,formalstyleoflanguageshouldbeused.Formallanguageissomet
3、imescalledwrittenoracademiclanguage.FormalandinformalOntheotherhands,informalwritingassumesapersonalstance.Itsuggestcloseconnectionsamongwriter,reader,andsubject.Informalwritingisusuallyusedindailyconversations,notes,messages,personalletters,postcardsetc.Formalandinfor
4、malTheEnglishthatyoushouldusewhenwritingapaperorthesisshouldbeformal(likealegaldocument)butalsoclear(unlikealegaldocument).TherearecertainthingsthatcanbedoneinspokenEnglishorinwrittenEnglishinnewspapers,magazines,orlecturenoteswhicharenotappropriateforformalwriting.For
5、malandinformal1.Don'tstartasentencewith`And',`Also',`But',`So',`Or',`Evenso'.Insteaduse`Inaddition',`However',`Hence',`Consequently',`Alternatively',`Nevertheless'.2.Don'tstartasentencewith`Therefore'.Insteadwrite,forexample,`Wetherefore...'.3.Don'tstartasentencewith`T
6、hen'or`Now'unlessitisacommand.Formalandinformal4.Don'tuse`don't',oranyothershortenednegativesuchas`isn't',`hasn't',`wasn't',etc.Use`doesnot',`isnot',etc.instead.5.Generallytrytoavoid`'s'.E.g.Insteadof`thewavefront'scurvature'useeither`thecurvatureofthewavefront'or`thew
7、avefrontcurvature'.But,thereareexceptionstothis.e.g.`today'sstockmarketprices'isbetterthan`thestockmarketpricesoftoday'.Formalandinformal6.Don'tuse`!'or`&'or`/'.Itisalsoveryunusualtosee`?'inapaper.Don'tputquestionsinapaperunlessyoureallyknowwhatyouaredoing.Formalandinf
8、ormal7.Don'tusee.g.ori.e.oretc.8.Whenreferringtothenumberofcountableobjects,usewordsratherthanfigureswhentheamountisl
