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Recognizing Formal and Informal Language Features
Recognizing Formal and Informal Language Features
As you read the following sentences, rate the sentences on a scale from 1 to
5, where 1 is completely informal and 5 is extremely formal. Share your
ratings with a few of your classmates.
Then discuss what makes a sentence more formal and what makes a
sentence less formal.
It’s unclear why the organizers tolerated the problem for so long.
I think can do the job because I’ve done that sort of work in the past, I have
an awesome vocabulary, and I’m really well-organized.