Question

I want to get everyone's opinion on this.
~Your English teacher tells you to write formally in a mini-essay that's about 3 paragraphs long for a compare and contrast project.~

When talking "formally" what words do you want to exclude?

Answer 1

Here is a link that might help
https://proofreadingpal.com/proofreading-pulse/essays/8-tips-to-make-your-writing-sound-more-formal/

Answer 2

Thanks

Answer 3

: Insert thumbs up here: Gonna wait for other people to respond if they will. Will close at the end of the day

Answer 4

Don’t use 1st/2nd person like I,you,yours we..unless your teacher says it is okay to use

Answer 5

And of course no contraction

Answer 6

Probably already mentioned in the link above hm

Answer 7

When referring to something, how would you address the audience?
Or would you at all?

Answer 8

First at the beginning you have to mention who the audience is(in this case it might be just the professor) the reason why we avoid 2nd person is bec we don’t wanna directly point out a person if necessary use third person

Answer 9

What is your topic?

Answer 10

I've picked After Twenty Years by O. Henry, and What it means to say Phoenix, Arizona

Answer 11

By Sherman Alexa
or I think I spelled it right

Answer 12

So you are comparing 2 articles. What are you trying tell the audience about the articles?? I don’t think of any way where I feel like using 2nd 1st person in this context

Answer 13

;-; did u go to the first k-pop photo you saw

Answer 14

mah god sav. no. you need to use words that you would use if you were giving a speech to the president. no likes or stuff or things should be used

Answer 15

wot-