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Mr. Tom Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Expression: "Don't write so small."

Hi

I think I have asked this question before but...

Could you please tell me if the following sentences are natural English.

(Teacher to students who are writing in pencil.)



Don't write so dark.

Don't write so light.

Please write big.

Please write small.

Thanks,

Tom
  

Top answer

I don't know how anyone could write 'dark'. Do you mean 'heavily'? The pencil is tearing the paper?

— Mister Micawber

  • I don't know how anyone could write 'dark'.
  • Do you mean 'heavily'?
  • The pencil is tearing the paper?
  • As casual English, they are fine.
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I don't know how anyone could write 'dark'. Do you mean 'heavily'? The pencil is tearing the paper? As casual English, they are fine.
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Many thanks, MM!

Sometimes young students press the pencil too much while writing, and thus the writing is dark or very 'blacky'.

So should I say?

Don't write very heavily.

Also, you said the sentences are good in casual English. Please tell me how I can say these sentences in formal English.

Don't write so big.

Don't write so
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Well, you wouldn't SAY those things in formal English, would you?

I'll give you the kind of statements commonly heard from a teacher:

Don't press down so heavily when you write.
Press down more when you write.
Don't press so lightly.

Don't use such big letters.
Write smaller.
Write bigger.
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