Difference between announcement and advertisement

[AR]

Test No. incompl/elem-2 "Money accepted", question 10

You can see the ......... about the sale in the local paper.

(a) announcement
(b) warning
(c) notice
(d) advertisement

Test No. incompl/elem-2 "Money accepted", answer 10

You can see the advertisement about the sale in the local paper.

Correct answer: (d) advertisement

Your answer was: incorrect
You can see the announcement about the sale in the local paper.
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Dear Madam/Sir,

I was wondering what is the rationale for deciding between advertisement and announcement. Sale can also be announced by local news papers if it is covered as a journalistic endeavor and not explicitly advertised.

Thank you for the answer.

[Alan]

When I wrote this, I was thinking that announcement is too formal a word for something as ordinary as a sale. I believe it is a word used more usually to announce events like births, deaths and marriages. or in the commercial sense for something like the closing of a business.
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[Guest]

I`ve also marked announcement....

[Karina]

Me too.... but at first I wanted to mark advertisement...

[Simon_23]

Hi

Alan, you write:

[Alan]

Too formal a word or a too formal word? An interesting question. The construction (too formal a word) is possible since too qualifies the adjective and is directly related to the noun (word). I think it creates a better balance in the sentence.
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