Which is more formal ?
" for example the father as the breadwinner "
OR
''E.g. the father as the breadwinner "
Which is more formal ?
" for example the father as the breadwinner "
OR
''E.g. the father as the breadwinner "
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the first one, because you can't use abbreviations in Scrabble
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Dad has the Cash, now stfu and clean those dishes.
edit: almost poetically formal
Last edited by 100%; 02-08-2005 at 08:47 PM.
If you were to start the sentence with the word consider. It would look a lot better.
Consider, for example, the father as the breadwinner.
I suppose it is a conceptual thingy.
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Thank you - I was worried that I was doing something illegal for a moment there.Originally Posted by Mr JP Fugley
Sentence fragments may work some times in formal language. Not often, but I've seen people pull it off.
e.g. and i.e. are timesavers for me, nothing more, so I'd go with the other sentence if i was writing an essay right now, I think.
Originally Posted by SnnY
Far too much information I think.
The best way to keep a secret:- Tell everyone not to tell anyone.
Originally Posted by bigboab
One questions if SnnY's choice of S&M leisure pr0n isn't affecting his sentence construction.
Btw, I'd probably prefer to use commas in the sentence starting with consider suggested above. However, without them the sentence flows much more easily.
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