Formal English

Which is more formal ?

" for example the father as the breadwinner "

OR

''E.g. the father as the breadwinner "

the first one, because you can't use abbreviations in Scrabble

Dad has the Cash, now stfu and clean those dishes.

edit: almost poetically formal

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. :)

Question : Must English always be formal?

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Originally Posted by Mr JP Fugley

No, one writes as one feels appropriate to the situation.

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Thank you - I was worried that I was doing something illegal for a moment there.

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.

لهؤلاء الذين جُعِلُوا يَمَل

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Originally Posted by SnnY

Not often, but I've seen people pull it off.

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Far too much information I think. :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by bigboab

Far too much information I think. :rolleyes:

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:lol: :D

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.

Je suis torn.

I think it depends on the context.
If it's formal as in an essay, then don't use any abbreviations, but if it is an official letter, or your'e summarizing, I think it's alright to use abbreviations.

I think this helps.....

:)