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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)