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Picnic Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

What is register?

not verb, but noun.

for example: day-to-day register.

Thank you.
  

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I assume you are asking about the use of 'register' in linguistics. See See CJ

  • I assume you are asking about the use of 'register' in linguistics.
  • See See CJ
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I assume you are asking about the use of 'register' in linguistics.

See

See

CJ
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This is a very good thread, thanks.

I understand that day-to-day register is the spoken English (colloquial English register), right?

What are all the other registers in English, apart from colloquial and formal?
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PicnicI understand that day-to-day register is the spoken English (colloquial English register), right?
Expressions like "day-to-day register", "everyday register", "colloquial register" are very imprecise. Read those threads again, and you'll see that the numbered forms of talking about register are better. Those threads explain what is included in each num

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