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#16 (permalink) Sun Jun 22, 2008 23:05 pm "Formal style" vs "informal style"

Molly wrote:

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Are you familiar with the rhetorical style I'm referring to?

No. Are you saying that that rhetorical stye is "quite wrong" in all English-speaking countries? If so, can you give us an example of such?

Can you read Slovak?

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#17 (permalink) Sun Jun 22, 2008 23:20 pm "Formal style" vs "informal style"

Jamie (K) wrote:

Can you read Slovak?

Does one need to? Give us a few examples of how it would sound in English? Or doesn't such rhetorical style exist in English at all?

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#18 (permalink) Mon Jun 23, 2008 0:11 am "Formal style" vs "informal style"

Molly wrote:

Jamie (K) wrote:

Can you read Slovak?

Does one need to? Give us a few examples of how it would sound in English? Or doesn't such rhetorical style exist in English at all?

Not in this century.

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#19 (permalink) Mon Jun 23, 2008 0:15 am "Formal style" vs "informal style"

Jamie (K) wrote:

Not in this century.

Hm, fascinating. Can you point me in the direction of such Slavic texts? I'm sure I can find someone to interpret them for me.

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