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    The document provides suggestions for writing in a more informal and accessible style by using shorter sentences, more white space, and simpler words that are commonly used in speech. It notes that writing that is easier to read is more likely to actually be read rather than just scanned. It then lists formal words and their more informal equivalents to use instead for a less formal writing style.

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    The document provides suggestions for writing in a more informal and accessible style by using shorter sentences, more white space, and simpler words that are commonly used in speech. It notes that writing that is easier to read is more likely to actually be read rather than just scanned. It then lists formal words and their more informal equivalents to use instead for a less formal writing style.

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    Be Less Formal

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    ÂäîMàñ Siddiqui
    The document provides suggestions for writing in a more informal and accessible style by using shorter sentences, more white space, and simpler words that are commonly used in speech. It notes that writing that is easier to read is more likely to actually be read rather than just scanned. It then lists formal words and their more informal equivalents to use instead for a less formal writing style.

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    A contributory factor to people wanting to read something is ease of use.

    Or in
    other words, making it as easy as possible to be read and understood.

    That means using short sentences, plenty of white space (aka paragraph breaks)
    and simple words. The kinds of words you’d naturally use when speaking.

    The easier something is to read, the stronger the likelihood that it will actually be
    read, as opposed to just scanned.

    Below is a list of words people use too often when writing, along with their
    informal equivalent.

    Be less formal.

    Formal Informal
    Acceptable OK
    Allow Let
    Anticipate Expect
    Ascend Climb
    Capable of Can
    Collect Pick up
    Commence Start
    Conceive Think of
    Consider Think about
    Construct Build
    Consume Use/Eat
    Converse Talk/Speak
    Correct Right
    Deficiency Lack
    Demonstrate Show
    Depart Leave
    Desire Want/Hope
    Discard Throw away
    Disclose Explain
    Discover Find out
    Donate Give
    Eject Throw out
    Eliminate Remove
    Endeavour Try
    Energetic Lively
    Enquire Ask
    Entire Whole
    Envisage Imagine
    Experiment Test
    Express Say
    Fabricate Make up
    Facilitate Help
    Fortunate Lucky
    Futile Hopeless
    However But
    Incorrect Wrong
    Infantile Childish
    Inform Tell
    Liberate Free
    Mend Repair
    Notion Idea
    Observe See/Watch
    Omit Leave out
    Opportunity Chance
    Passionate Cares about
    Perceive See
    Principally Mainly
    Purchase Buy
    Quarrel Argue
    Receive Get
    Request Ask for
    Require Need
    Reserve Book
    Reside Live
    Seek Look for
    Select Choose
    Sufficient Enough
    Terminate End
    Utilise Use
    Vacant Empty
    Verify Check

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