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Anonymous Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary
formal words & informal words
When someone was sentenced to death, we can say 'he/she got an electric chair'.
When someone filed a law suit or took a legal action, we san say 'he/she got a lawyer'.
In these examples, I guess 'be sentenced to death', 'file a law suit' and 'take a legal action'
are more formal than 'get an electric chair' and 'get a lawyer'.
In news reports formal expressions are prefered.
When having small talk, informal ones such as 'get ---' will be used more frequently.
In academic debates and speeches, however, which type of expressions will be better used,
formal or informal?
I guess formal ones will be prefered, but actually informal ones are more simple and useful because
we can talk about many things by just combining 'get' and a noun.
Let's say, if I use only informal expressions such as 'get an electric chair' and 'get a lawyer' in an academic debate
or speech, is it strange?
When someone filed a law suit or took a legal action, we san say 'he/she got a lawyer'.
In these examples, I guess 'be sentenced to death', 'file a law suit' and 'take a legal action'
are more formal than 'get an electric chair' and 'get a lawyer'.
In news reports formal expressions are prefered.
When having small talk, informal ones such as 'get ---' will be used more frequently.
In academic debates and speeches, however, which type of expressions will be better used,
formal or informal?
I guess formal ones will be prefered, but actually informal ones are more simple and useful because
we can talk about many things by just combining 'get' and a noun.
Let's say, if I use only informal expressions such as 'get an electric chair' and 'get a lawyer' in an academic debate
or speech, is it strange?
Top answer
Hi, In academic debates and speeches, however, which type of expressions will be better used, formal or informal? Let's say, if I use only informal expressions such as 'get an electric chair' and 'get a lawyer' in an academic debate or speech, is it strange? Here are just a few comments on your interesting questions.
- Hi, In academic debates and speeches, however, which type of expressions will be better used, formal or informal?
- Let's say, if I use only informal expressions such as 'get an electric chair' and 'get a lawyer' in an academic debate or speech, is it strange?
- Here are just a few comments on your interesting questions.
- It's true that speaking is usually more informal than writing.
- However, an academic should both speak and write in a way that shows clarity of thought.
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Hi,
In academic debates and speeches, however, which type of expressions will be better used, formal or informal?
Let's say, if I use only informal expressions such as 'get an electric chair' and 'get a lawyer' in an academic debate or speech, is it strange?
Here are just a few comments on your interesting questions.
It's true that speaking i
In academic debates and speeches, however, which type of expressions will be better used, formal or informal?
Let's say, if I use only informal expressions such as 'get an electric chair' and 'get a lawyer' in an academic debate or speech, is it strange?
Here are just a few comments on your interesting questions.
It's true that speaking i
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... got the electric chair ...
If he got anelectric chair, it was probably a Christmas gift.
If he got anelectric chair, it was probably a Christmas gift.
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in my own understanding formal words are those words that gives us a direct meaning or clear meaning such as happy,sad and etc. while informal words are words having a lot a meaning with the inclusion of idioms, jargons, cliche and slang.
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