Style
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Aspects of Informal Style
- beginning a sentence with a conjunction (e.g. But, And, Or, So, Yet, Because)
- contractions (e.g. can’t, won’t, doesn’t)
- use of the word you
- use of the imperative or command form (e.g. Watch this film.)
- abbreviations (e.g. etc. instead of and so forth)
- short sentences, and short paragraphs, paratactical structure
- stories in the text that are too personal or too compelling
- use of dialect, slang, informal or taboo expressions (kinda, kiddo, bugger, me mum an dad)
- use of fillers like You know, er(m), well, kind of / kinda, yeah, uhm, actually, I mean, O.K.
- ellipsis (I don't think we …. )
Aspects of Formal Style
- rather objective, non-personal point of view
- no contractions or abbreviations
- no use of imperatives
- varied length of sentences and paragraphs. ==> Hypotactical structure
- complete sentences
- absence of fillers, dialect, slang etc.
- use of latinate forms and technical terms rather than phrasal verbs (irrevocable, discover, arrive, reappear instead of impossible to take back, find out, get there, be there again)