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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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can you tell me how to distinguish the tone?
0 can anyone tell me what kind of words are considered appropriate of wrting news articals? 02 br
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00 how do you distinguish whether the tone of an artical is formal dictation or informal? 0-
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0 Distinguishing tone in this sense is a matter of gaining familiarity with the language. Formal vocabulary tends to be multisyllabic and rooted in Greek/Latin, while informal English tends to be short and Anglo-Saxon-- but certainly not exclusively. 0-
- 0 Distinguishing tone in this sense is a matter of gaining familiarity with the language.
- Formal vocabulary tends to be multisyllabic and rooted in Greek/Latin, while informal English tends to be short and Anglo-Saxon-- but certainly not exclusively.
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0 Distinguishing tone in this sense is a matter of gaining familiarity with the language. Formal vocabulary tends to be multisyllabic and rooted in Greek/Latin, while informal English tends to be short and Anglo-Saxon-- but certainly not exclusively. To learn the vocabulary ('register', actually) of newspaper English, you need to read a lot of newspapers. 0-
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