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Analyse the formality of the article in SCMP It is indispensable for us to use an appropriate style when writing. There is no doubt that formal style should be practiced for newspaper as objectivity and impersonality are important. South China Morning Post is one of the most prevalent...

Inchoateknowledge wrote: Yong, Slightly formal means it is slightly more frequent that this construction appears in formal speech than in informal one. Why did you think it is more like informal to say number has I had the impression that 'formal' is more correct, while 'informal' means that...

Alienvoord, I appreciate you're constructive criticism. Allow me to rebute: 1) Comprehensible, yes. But many expressions are comprehensible even without being gramatically sound. The nuances I try to reveal in this post are to help you write better gramatically, not to sound or to write...

Anonymous wrote: Although Chinese syllable structure is as you suggest, this is completely different from the importance of word structure. Words in Chinese are composed of a single syllable, whereas words in English and Spanish can be composed of a large number of syllables. This...

CalifJim wrote: You are compounding the problem here, however, by using "number of" together with "there is/are", which, at least in relaxed style, can almost always be "there is" no matter what the grammatical number of the following expression. So, "there is" can be used, but not in very...

Hi Guys, I'm a new member to this forum, but I'm already excited to be a part of it. Anyhow, I'll tell you alittle about myself. I'm a second year journalism major at Michigan State University with aspirations of becoming a NewYork Times writer. One day I hope to publish my own magazines, but...

In modern English, 'who' works as both a subject and an object. ++ http://pinker.wjh.harvard.edu/articles/media/1994_01_24_thenewrepublic.html The first story was a nonpartisan analysis of supposed pronoun case errors made by the two candidates in the 1992 US presidential election....

Hi Ed, Good to see you again. Let's have a look at your letter. SUBJECT: Increase Floor Space At Kitchen I refer to our conversation of December 15, 2004 regarding the subject. I suggest an additional space of 165 square feet is required to accommodate your need for a kitchen...

TESTING Chapter Zero Nocturnal Days (Prologue) “fifty-fifty-zero-seven” “roger-roger. Initiate launching sequence.” “Command Alpha. What are your orders? Can you hear me? I repeat what is-“ “Cancel Operation! I say again. Cance-“ “Sir, there’s too much static! I can’t-“ “Unit two!...