Masaria  +  384770 Wed, 27 Jun 07 09:37 AM Hi guys, I am writing a paper for a scientific journal and I would like to give a more formal style to my composition... I have read many articles, but still most of them are written by non-native english-speakers, so they might not be good to use as a reference.. What I'm looking for is a resource that would give me hints on which prepositions, conjunctions, and expressions to use to sound more formal...... like... if I wanted to say "we should go"......I know that I would sound more formal if I said "it's high time we went"... Any book or link containing this kind of suggestions? any help will be appreciated  bye Rosario  Masaria Joined on Tue, Jun 26 2007 Italy New Member 04 Articles, Prepositions

	Clive  +  385190 Thu, 28 Jun 07 06:23 AM Hi Rosario, I can't offer a resource,but here's a small comment. I am writing a paper for a scientific journal and I would like to give a more formal style to my composition... I have read many articles, but still most of them are written by non-native english-speakers, so they might not be good to use as a reference.. What I'm looking for is a resource that would give me hints on which prepositions, conjunctions, and expressions to use to sound more formal...... like... if I wanted to say "we should go"......I know that I would sound more formal if I said "it's high time we went"... No, 'high time' is an idiomatic expression that is less formal. Any book or link containing this kind of suggestions? Best wishes, Clive Clive Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Canada Veteran Member 29,629 El tango argentino es un pensamiento triste que se puede bailar (The tango argentino is a sad thought which can be danced) Enrique Santos Discépolo Articles, Prepositions

	Marius Hancu  +  385292 Thu, 28 Jun 07 11:30 AM Notes on English Composition written by Glenn Paquette http://www2.yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~ptpwww/eng-note/e-note.html Marius Hancu Joined on Wed, Apr 26 2006 Veteran Member 11,673