By Clauses, Formal letters

You wrote these sentences to respond to the original inquiring post: : This is very informal - were you asked to do an informal letter or an essay? Other than that, my main impression is that you haven't really answered the question - only a few words about your impression of the class. I...

Tanit wrote:In these compositions, something like "The man whom you spoke to this morning is my father" would be considered inappropriate in terms of register and consistency, while something like "The man who you spoke to this morning is my father" would be considered inappropriate in other...

It's sometimes called "telegraphic style" - as if you were sending a telegram and paying for each word, you would leave out some words to make it shorter. You might write like this in a diary, or in a very informal letter, especially if almost every sentence would otherwidse begin with "I." In...

Morning, Non Con-- 'Better'? I would probably use the past perfect here if I were writing a thesis, a careful formal letter, or a piece of literature (and I think I would be overconservative in doing so). What would I say if I were talking about my wierd friend, Jack? 'Jack sang in the park...