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Mr. Tom Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

When the chips are down

Hi

I gather that the idiom when the chips are down is informal, but I recently saw it in a formal essay by a native speaker. Could you please tell me how the idiom would sound to you in formal writing?

Thanks,

Tom

  

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Mr. Tom Could you please tell me how the idiom would sound to you in formal writing? Without the whole essay, by which we could judge the style more accurately, it's impossible to say.

— CalifJim

  • Mr.
  • Tom Could you please tell me how the idiom would sound to you in formal writing?
  • Without the whole essay, by which we could judge the style more accurately, it's impossible to say.
  • The use of casual idioms in formal writing is not always out of place.
  • It may be used to create some needed contrast in the style of presentation.
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Mr. TomCould you please tell me how the idiom would sound to you in formal writing?

Without the whole essay, by which we could judge the style more accurately, it's impossible to say. The use of casual idioms in formal writing is not always out of place. It may be used to create some needed contrast in the style of presentation.

CJ

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