formal_and_informal.ppt
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FormalandInformalStylesDefinition:Purpose:.SpecificfeaturesthatdistinguishthetwotypesofEnglish2.ForindefinitereferenceyouisoftenusedininformalEnglishwhileoneisoftenusedinformalEnglish,as:YouneverknowwhatnewmeasuresthePresidentwilltake.OneneverknowswhatnewmeasuresthePresidentwilltake.3.IninformalEnglishwhocanbeusedinsteadofwhomasanobjectinquestion,e.g.Who(Whom)didyouseeintheroom?4.IninformalEnglishthatoftenbeleftoutbeforeanobjectclause,especiallyafterverbsofsayingorthinking.5.Ininformalstyletheyisoftenusedasapronounreferringtoeveryone,everybody,someone,somebody,anyone,anybody,noone,nobody:Haseveryonefinisheddoingtheirexercises?Anyonecantakeabrochureiftheywantit.6.WhenthesubjectisIorHe(She,It),wascanbeusedinsteadofwereinthesubjunctivemoodininformalstyle;Iwishhewasherewithus.7.Participialphrasesaregenerallyusedinformalstyle:Havingbeenwarnedoftheimpendingstorm,thecaptaindecidedtoputoffthevoyage.8.Nominativeabsoluteconstructionsaregenerallyusedinformalstyle:Theweatherbeingfine,alargenumberofpeoplewenttoclimbtheWesternHills.9.Adjectivalandadverbialphrasesplacedbeforethesubjectoftenmakethesentenceformal:Afamousprofessorofbiology,Dr.Joneswasthenewpresidentoftheuniversity.10.Parentheticalremarksoftenmakeasentenceformal:Allthepeoplepresent—ChairmanSmith,ProfessorBrown,JamesandWilliams,andthesecretary—supportedthemotion.11.Aseriesofnouns,verbs,oradjectivesmaymakeasentencesoundformal:Hisangerpreventedhimfromdoing,saying,andlisteningtoanything.Shehasexperiencedloveandhate,griefandhappiness.12.Thefollowingtypesofsentencesareoftenusedinformalstyle:Longsentences;Compound–complexsentences;Sentenceswithparallelconstructions;Balancedsentences;Periodicsentence(themainideaisexpressedatorneartheendofit,anditisnotgrammaticallycompleteuntiltheendisreached.13.Asforvocabulary,everydaywordsaremainlyofAnglo-Saxonorigin,whilewordsofGreek,FrenchandLatinoriginsaremostlyformalorlearnedwords.Itwouldbehelpful,whenyoulearnaformalword,torememberaninformalwordwiththesameornearlyth