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I. The Meaning of style All types of writing, like stories, legal documents and personal letters, have much in common. (the common core of the English language) There are also differences between different types of writing. (a personal letter, sentences-short and simple, even incomplete; a legal document, most sentences --long, involved, and many special terms difficult for ordinary people to understand.
In short, the passage is written in a very informal or colloquial style. This style is appropriate because the passage describes how a farmers son walked home and what he thought of on his way. If long and involved sentences and big and difficult words were used, the description would be unnatural and unrealistic.
Informal
writing:
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You is used for indefinite reference. You never know what new measures the President will take. Who can be used instead of whom as an object in questions. Who is the secretary talking with?
Informal
writing:
used. etc.
You is used for indefinite reference. You never know what new measures the President will take. Who can be used instead of whom as an object in questions. Who is the secretary talking with?
Informal writing:
That can often be left out before an object clause, especially after verbs of saying or thinking. She said she would come. They is often used as a pronoun referring to everyone, everybody, someone, somebody, anyone, anybody, no one, nobody. Has everyone finished doing their exercises?
Informal writing:
When the subject is I or he (she, it), was can be used in the subjunctive mood. I wish he was here with us. Everyday words, mainly words of Anglo-Saxon origin begin deep lucky
Informal writing:
Phrasal verbs are colloquial and often used in conversational style. look into come across put up with Shortened words are commonly used in everyday conversation. photo, ad, bike, gym, prep, pop, and vet.
Informal writing:
Slang words and expressions are casual and informal. neat, cool, (good, excellent) in hot water (in trouble) make a hit (succeed in doing sth.)
Formal
writing:
One is often used for indefinite reference in formal English. One never knows what new measures the President will take. His or her is used as a pronoun referring to everyone, everybody, someone, somebody, anyone, anybody, no one, nobody. Has everyone finished doing his or her exercises?
Formal writing:
When the subject is I or he (she, it), were is used in the subjunctive mood. I wish he were here with us. Participial phrases are generally used in formal style. Having been warned of the impending storm, the captain decided to put off the voyage.
Formal writing:
Nominative generally The weather people went absolute constructions are used in formal style. being fine, a large number of to climb the Western Hills.
Adjectival and adverbial phrases placed before the subject often make the sentence formal. Eager to finish the work, he continued to do it until midnight.
Formal writing:
Parenthetical remarks often make a sentence formal. This village has built, in less than ten years, several small factories that bring in more income than the farm produce every year. He shaved very slowly and carefully, as was his custom, in front of the mirror above the sink. All the people present--Chairman Smith, Professors Brown, James and Williams, and the secretary--supported the motion.
Formal writing:
A series of nouns, verbs, or adjectives may make a sentence sound formal. His anger prevented him from doing, saying, and listening to anything. The following types of sentences are often used in formal style. Long sentences; Compound-complex sentences; Sentences with parallel constructions; Balanced sentences; and Periodic sentences
Formal writing:
Learned words, mainly words of Greek, French and Latin origins commence profound fortunate